A WARM CORRESPONDENCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 129, 31 May 1878, Page 2

A WARM CORRESPONDENCE.

The following correspondence appears in the Poverty Bay Herald of Friday, in reference to the estate of the late Mr G. E Head :— J. S. Macfarlane Esq., M.H.R.— Dear Sir, —Acting on behulf of all the natives whose lands or interests in lands are claimed by you in common with the other executors of the will of the late Mr G. E. lieed, as having been sold, mortgaged, or leased to him during his lifetime, I beg to give you notice that unless 1 receive from you some definite offer i of a settlement to which I cau accede, I shall at once proceed to assert the legal rights of my clients. I have further to inform you that, if in actions which I shall briug agaiust you, you choose to defend those which seem to me defenceless, I shall use my best endeavors to provide for such waste of the money of the estate, by moving the Supreme Court to compel you to pay the costs of both sides out of your (personal estate.— l am sir, your obdient servant, W. L. Risks. Gisborne, May 21, 1878. W. L. Kces, Esq., M.H.R.— Sir— Lest it may be deemed wrong not to reply to any ■letter, however impertinent, senseless, or worthless, I beg to acknowledge receipt of yours dated the 2 1st, which is certainly the most insolent and meaningless document I ever beheld. Surely by this time, and after the experience you have had of the notice I have always taken of any propositions from you, you might have saved yourself the trouble of making those contained iu your letter, which would have also saved me the unpleasant duty of having again to assure you that I cannot enter into any business . transactions with one so utterly void of business knowledge as you have always shown yourself to be. And further, as regards your threats, I am, sorry to have to tell you

plainly that idle threats from one whose knowledge of law and equity, or even of what is right and fair between man and man, is, in my opinion, so insignificant, will be treated by me with the utmost contempt. In short, you have wasted one sheet of paper, and compelled me to waste another. — Yours, obediently, J. S. Macfarlane. Gisborne, May 23, ic>7B. Mr George Lawrence received a letter similar to the one above to Mr Macfarlaue, and made reply as follows: — W. L. Rees, Esq.— Sir -I beg to acknowledge receipt of a letter dated 21st May, bearing your name, but, on perusing the content^ I am very doubtful as to whether it is not a hoax, and that it is not your b na fide signature. I wisli you would, therefore, come to my office and I will show you the letter. — Yours obediently, George Lawrence. Gisbornej May 22, 1878.