CORRESPONDENCE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1259, 16 June 1914, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

(To the Editor.)

Sir,— Under the heading of “Straight Talk,” J. Colder gets going in your issue of Saturday last. He quotes that “musicians in every town are alike, too touchy, don’t you know !” Yes, there are, indeed, some that are not only too touchy, but have a method in their touchiness, as, lor instance, when they get a cheap advertisement into your paper, Mr Editor, without paying for it. J. Colder was certainly asked to supply a case for the watch to be presented to Mr Witchell, and no doubt he did his very best. However it was not a nice case, and I need’ scarcely say that it was “returned with thanks to Mr Colder, and something up-to-date obtained from Palmerston. In conclusion, Mr Colder would be well advised if, instead of joining the Band and taking the “slogging soprano lead,” he studied the re ports of the meetings of the Borough Council in the Manawatu Herald. Had he done so before he would not have fallen into the dangerous mistake of libelling one of our most esteemed citizens. —I am, etc., Plain Bill,

(To the Editor.)

Sir, —(The concluding paragraph 0. my letter was not a personal .reflection. I would be very indeed to have it so cowardly ’ misconstrued. My iriend, the vice-president, sees clearly, and with good grace, the whimsical point of the argument. Here it is again: I am told that I have no right whatever to complain. I retaliate, good-naturedly, that since my friend feels the right to complain at the man outside being sought concerning his business, then other people have the right to complain of a man outside being sought concerning their business. I am now enlightened that it was a want of forethought that the purchase went outside the town. Then why all this non-de-plume equivocation ? —I am, etc,, J. Colder. [Correspondence on this subject is now closed.—Ed.H.]