CORRESPONDENCE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2143, 24 June 1920, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

(To the Editor.) Sir. —Will yon allow me ft small space in the “Herald” to make a few remarks re the Borough Conned and air F. S. Huston's proposed road, find the drain in .Johnston Street. In your leader of Saturday's issue you say the culvert should be carried the full length, and so say 1. My reason for this is that in making Hillary Street I had to 111! in ■wo drains, one between road and footpath in Coley Street, the other running between section 50f find the V block, with concrete pipes three feel by one foot six inches, the full width of the road, sixty-six led. When ! completed the road the Co uiicil came to pas.- it; the road was alright, timshed to the boundary each cud. but they insisted on my carrving the road to the centre oi Cook and Coley Streets. Only by mv doing so would they sign or give a cenilicale so that the plan could be forwarded to the Land Office. 1 carried it out on the advice of my -illicitnr. which meant over a chain aiiii'a 'mad to be made. The Council was represented by .dr Stile-, then Layer, ami Mes.-rs ( Tiry.-iali mid Colcv, amt Air Kenl-John-lon clerk. X'ow, why make (ish of one find besh of the other? It’s impossible for Mr Hasten to carry his road to the ecuire of Johnston Sir..ml without tilling hi the drain, or bridging it. TbankM'>- von in anticipation. —1 am, etc., .JOHN HILLARY.

(To the Editor.) Sir. —!n vouv issue ol' t!ie'22ml m- • 1;;j;! appears ;i:i anonymous letter -igaed “M." As ;i rule 1 take no imii e of anonymous correspondence, dm in i his instance i urn -i make mi Sum, as “M” either «l«*Iib( raleiy distorts your report ol - my re marks coni a ined in your issuemf (lie l!)lh insl., or (dse displays an inca-. oacity to read. “M" says. M read also that the action of his particular church in doing some action (nursing the sick) was against some (diets of his rail])." Your report of ;nv remarks, which is substantially coircct. reads; “Such mdiou on Ihe pari of Ihe mins (nursing the sick' >,va.- against the usual custom of their institute." A vast ddfereuc! a mistake that even a Second Standard child would not hair made. “M." must know little about the tenets of our faith if he he unaware that there are several religions orders dedicated solely to nursing the sick, and others, like our order here, who devote their lives to education. Perhaps “M” could not -o easily have wound in that piously -oumling phrase about the Lowly Xararene had he kepi to t he text <d vour report. Whilst thanking you. .Mr Editor, for your assurance of gratitude towards the Sisters, J stdl maintain that no public local body other than the LahomwAssoeialion tendered them any acknowledgment for their services.—Yours, etc., J. FOIIKESTAL. Catholic Presbytery, Eoxlori.