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Motueka Star, Volume II, Issue 98, 22 July 1902, Page 4

s'x. : i 'Zi MA", y .i ,J w - / •■f ; T / p -- i-Tp "TJear 'Srr : “One of J t;he jbouncil,’’ answering my. letter of the 27 th of - Jiu vendor of Pink pills etc, pte. doubt he tries to be, funny, Imt it is .evident that one pill" has gone• astray,, . and that is a, 7s. 6d.one, and it has proved,tpo much £or him, causing such, a crack in the 4s .per yard idea that it will take a deal of putty and paint swabbing to patch it up again. He says m3' estimate of 60 yds for two day’s crushing is “altogether unfair” ; nevertheless only 60 yds were crushed in two days and my' statement was Oily for two days, and if “One of the Council” can show that my so called up statement’ of that two days | crushing is wrong, say by Is per yard less, I will withdraw my statement with apologies. While I admit 90yds were crushed during the last two days crushing, that does not alter the fact that 60yds were crushed bn the two previous days, and If “One of the Council” will srt down and figure the last two crushing it will puzzle him t > bi-ing the o »st down to 4s per yard. Everybody knows that the more the breaker crushes, and the oftener she crushes, i\,~ «o*t. of'oreakiijg wifi be less, but this is where the rub comes in . the (J mneil have not enough work to keep the m ichine going to make it the paying c mcern she was constructed for. It, appears to me from such silly imprecations, Mat have been hurled at me, that one safe to upset the fixed idea of 4s per yard. If the “misleading faked up statement” of 7s 6d per yard is altog ithet* t > > big to be swallowed, perhaps it would be better “One of the Council’ could submit to the public a thorough, detailed account of the breaker from the beginning of its unenviable career up to the present time, and if he can show that the cost of metal he less than—say 6s per yard, I will admit, with many of the public, that we are mistaken. \ ~ I am, etc., t r Onlooker.