CORRESPONDENCE.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 41, 2 March 1878, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

[Our r coOT«3ppn_dehce qbluninbeipg- open ,. no responsibility; cao.,be.accopted 7^ respect to opinions jexpres.sed, by- cori;e.Bpopdeiitß.]

Sibj— l" was- much- surpiised a$ r,eadi«g an article m. your issue of th/e 28rdi ultimo M"ith regard, tq my application for a publjcan's license, sent to you by auVQtaki, correspondgnt.,. I was under/the impression that the- who l^ , of the disinterested: inhabitants, q£ Of atg had signed' a memcriaJL t.p, $#. Licensing Bench/ m m^. fa-vouri hut my friends have surely, overlooked one,, or y.our correspondent must be one of the new arrivals hoce xskose pen should be with- ■ held until he thoroughly understands i^ie subject upon v^hicb, he is writing. Your _ correspondent comniences hjs arti^lp- with a, grave mistaten^ent, inso. much- a3 he- gives thp public- 1? uftder-. statid* thqjb there are two licensed houfies; in -this township,, or,, happy thought! is he labouring under t-ho delusion that 1- have obtained my license and that a third applicant is coming' for ward Y6urcorrespond&ni-'s:iiigh-nWn pla-tjtudea-about KUj^aod his. information concerning- the coda, off honour among drinkifig.ppoplf, which, seems ; to thoroughly understand; Ir pass over as not worthy of. ansAveu. , His sjateroent that the local butcher ha,s been busy Hi obtainingr signatures to. a. memorial m my favour is perfectly, trije, antl I taJte this- opportunity; qF sta^njf that "woa-tews ha^ been done m, this-: matter has< been, dqpp b.y my friends unsolicited^ j by me, for.^lijch, X feel: lieartily thankful to them. Whether- another, licensed housed ie m this township. oi> npt is a matter for. the Licensing- Bench to decide, wjiieh, X [ ffcl perfectly.- saji^i-'d. w^JI-do vwfchout Rre£idice v IJ do, npt vsish, to. irespa^s too much, on. ypur space," but I cannot pass over your correHpondenJ/s. remarks : about f.he lapdlorid of ihp pre«cat hotel beingi)pt only a, licensed victualler, but a number- of i ofcftpr,. trades besides. This alonp should' prove, thajb there is sbmo qccjessijty for something/ like a bajance of ]X)w,er3.wJthput which no, community qan prp^rei-s.^eil or hafP' l^-.

.Trusting, that the Licensing Bench will view the matter m the same light, and at tho same time study the wishes of the majority of the Otaki inhabitants as well as the travelling public — I am, &c, William Ia.y&LEY. Otaki, Feb. 2Sth, 1878.