MOTUEKA WHARF.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XL, Issue 195, 8 August 1876, Page 2

MOTUEKA WHARF.

To tiie Editor of thh ' Evening Mail.'

Sir —l wrote a letter on the subject of the Motueka Whirf which appeared in your issue of Wednesday last, in which the wharf was made the subject of sundry derogatory remarks, and was sneered at in a way which I now consider highly unbecoming and improper. I wish to recall that letter, and to recant and retract every expression in it which may sivour in the least degree of disapproval of the condition of the wharf, or of a desire fjr the Government or anybody else to mend it. For the more I see of that wrurf the more I am convinced that it would be a most mistaken policy for me to a ivocate its repair. I foresee a loDg and profitable series of broken legs, dislocated ankles, fractured collar bones, and cuts and bruises innumerable from that wharf. What I would venture to suggest is lhat it should be made penal to use a light of any kind, or to strike a match on the wharf, for it is of wood, and it might tike fire, and as it is probably uninsured the losa to the Provincial Government would be ruinous. Besides, lights are objectionable, as showing where the holts are. I am sure that the people in Motueka don't want the wharf mended, or they would have done it themselves long Bince. Ism, &c, R. H. Bakewell. To the Editor of the 'Evening Maid.' Sir— l was very doubtful of the value of the advice you gave Mr Price as t > appealing to the Central Board against the Inspector's r< port. It would have to be something very flagrant btfote they would .grant an inquiry. It was no doubt a perilous experiment on Mr Price's part to utter a cry at all; he should have gone on drawing hig salary and whistled at reports, and he would have dwelt in peace. I am an oid teacher who have long been convinced of the defects of the Nelson scho Is and the way in which the Inspector's examinations were conducted. Whatever Mr Price may suffer, he has done a good thing f..r the cause of education ta Nelson, aud is deserving of sympathy and support. It ia not wotth while for any party to trouble much about it, as a change ia pending, — I am, &0,, M. [Our correspondent wili observe that we have omitted a portion of his, letter. Assertions such aa that contained ia the words struck out can ouly appear with the writer's name attached to them —Ed. N EM.~\