CORRESPONDENCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 309, 28 December 1872, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

*** We are desirous of affording- every reasonable Jacility lor the discussion of public subjects; but it must be understood that we are in no way responsible for the opinions expressed by correspondents. To the EprxOß of the' Nelson Evening Mail. Sir, — I was glad to see in yourpaper of yesterday a very sensible letter on the new culvert proposed to be made by the Board of Works, and I trust that the matter will receive the greatest consideration by those who by signing will p ace a burden for so many years on the overtaxed people of Nelson, and that the works may be postponed at least till Nelson ,is in a bgtter f*tate to meet the extra taxation required. Yours, &c , Another Ratepayer. To the Editor op tub Nelson Evenikg Mail Sir, — The " undue prominence " given to our short note is a matter of regret to us, do less than to Mr Sunley, We must, however, reiterate our assertion that Mr Sunley did at least twice assure us that Messrs Harley and Rout refused to permit their sons to be entered except as candidates from Hampden-street. Mr Sunley's charge of deliberate falsehood we leave to the public, his imputations of partiality we shall bring before the Central Board, leaving him to account to Mr Rout for his flat contradiction of that gentleman's direct state--ment that he had " never been consulted in the matter." We are, Sir, W. C. Hodgson, ]. Examiners Frank Churchill Simmons, j xaminer3 * Nelson, December 28, 1872. I [This correspondence must now cease. The examiners state their intention cf laying the matter before the Central Board, and it appears to us to be high time they did so. This public wrangling between the examiners, one of whom is the Inspector, and a schoolmaster, is not calculated to reflect credit upon our educational ■ department, the discipline of which must, be pomewhat lax if a correspondence of this kind is to be permitted whenever a misunderstanding occurs. If Mr. Sunley considered he had a grievance, he should have gone to the fountain-head at once, and had the matter cleared up.— Ed. N.E.M.