CORRESPONDENCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 146, 21 June 1881, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

To the Editos qf thb " EyßNiNa Mail.' Sia—Hero are the facts in connection with the appointment, or rather I should say nonappointment, of an assistant teacher at Brightwater. AbdUfc three UiotiStis ago Mrs Bryant made an application for an assistant teacher at River Terrace school which was duly forwarded by the dommittae to the Board, loatead of the Board appointing one at River Terrace they aent Mr Hodgson to report on the three schools in tho Spring Grore district. Mr Hodgson reported that it would bt bettor to admit little boys to Bn'ght water school and bate an assistant there. Soon that report tha Board advertised for one, and: sent three names to the Committee, to choose one from them. A special meeting for that purpose was held, when, without even discussing the merits of | the candidates, the Chairman said he thought we should not elect any of them, but recommend the Board to appoint one at Biver Terrace „in accordance with the Committee's first resolution, which was duly proposed and carried against the protestations of the three members who are supposed to represent Brightwater on the Committee, ■ I am,- &c., . One op the Committee. Brighlwater, June 20. To the Editor op thh " Evening Mail.'* Sir— ln classifying the " missing links " in the trunk lines for th > two ; islands under the heads of: "remunerative" arid as "having only political value*" -i-your correspondent "M " appears to have dwelt too much on the character of the country for settlement along the route* to the exclusion of other weighty consideration^. As regards the. line . from Picton to the Hurunoi one, consideration should, I think, remove it from the category of political lines, namely, the large through passenger traffic f rein one island to the other which would pas 9 over it (saying the longer sea voyage via' Chrutcburch), and probably bringing it into paying condition sooner than your correspondent "c ilcnlated upon. The ruggednesa of a country would n,ot prevent a railway through it' becoming early remunerative, given at each end a large iacceasiag population to make traffic. ; ■ ■ „ -.'' I ana, &c.j ! ■ ;...•■■ . ■■ . . N - z - June 2d,,id3i'." ; TO THH EDITOR' OF THE " EvBNINO' MAIL.% Sib,— l would like to ask, th>bu£h the medium of yoar columns, if it is a general thing all ,6yer; New Zealand to impose' a penalty of one pound upon all horned, cattle imported from one province to another for stud purposes' while cattle for slaughtering can be landed for threepence per bead ? ; 1 found, uponlanding a short-horn bull a fortI night ago, from Auckland, that I had the penalty of one pound to pay, although the inspector handed me a clean certificate, 1 Now, Sir, I think this matter requires look; iag into/As very few persons- import cattle' pf an inferior clasa,,»nd it must be admitted thaVwe'il-bred cattle always tend to impipve. any district. Hoping, es a matter of public interest,, you will give this sjiace in your columns, . : . . ' . * I am, &c, William Colkman. Spring Grove, June 19, 1881.