ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

New Zealander, Volume 7, Issue 551, 26 July 1851, Page 3

ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

To the Kditor of the Nlw-Zi alanolh. Sin,— lt is lUHtiuctivc, d not apriccablr, to pxposo i.'iali a,soriioii4 anil unfair ov:e?ions. Conviotod of witling iiu.'int nonsoiibu about the, JMuoues, m whom ho could not " I'nifl in lines of l>caxi and face 'Hie, [.liy-.m-.ioiiiy ol j^acc," ami of H(ic'iii,ilniii<; as biii\, I-atm pi. -icily annlo.^ms to th.it used by Cioi'io nud Liv >',—" IMutoilos" chn^a to aopiii^li;,' .iiid cool .isv-miiinco a% n (m,il icuiyf 1 . In lih li,t luttri (o you, mculy Ijcc.iusc 1 proved " ml lium.imiia" tv b<) ;;uo<l L.tUn, hf wulk'h fo m-ilio me iir^uc ilut "ml limu.im" ia li.nl, convoruontly cai)iij;li iorc.vtUi';' tlmt liolii o-\|nofa,iond m:i> bi< p<ilectlv cou.tl I til Ilmsl hijvu never i'Hl)U»hml thu '■Mnuritir ol any KyiiiiSl) autbui, lU> ulunc is vuUtlcil to (i-at j)»n ili'i" .

lie noiv threatens to imixl mo over 10 a deputy. I am eijul o( v, <oi — unless In. 1 js i.o imluiAv n>» to find n deputy v\ Hi> li>B"i argiuiu nta'avu uluhly ami moro want of caudoar t])J!i liddpoH— l trust T m.iy racomitcr oup who will not vu'ld so easy n victoiv. lint will be as diictcct in mnktiii; cliuij;P'i, us lie will bo ready to give Lib piojid oi them truth. I remain, &c, Anoiicus.

To the Editor of the Ni w-Zlaiandeh. Sin,— it is only tbose of the inhabitants of Aucklandwhose various dnl'ea as ['umeera in (hist settlement wore pursued, with hut little giumblmg, through the kneedeep mm* ot many a weary winter, who cm now, in mic-Ii a boason as tins, fully nppteciate the comparatively good stain of our principal thoroughfares. The business pints of tlio town, with one 01 two localities excepted, on now be tiavoisod m the darkest night, without mnch danger of eodden ongulnhmcnt in ruts and quagmuos that ono could hardly stuor clear of in broad daylight » winter or two ago. Inm ono of those who arc glad to ob&trve aud acknowledge these improvements, not only on account of oui own personal comfort and advantage, but with regard to those who we may expoot t > come hero to cast their lot among us, and, also, that occasional visitois, whoso first imprusaiona L&v<? hitherto been unfavourable (however umeusonably co) to our settlement, on account of the stato of our stress in rainy wenthor, will have loss reaaoo, in future, to giro cunoncy to repoits at n distance, detrimental to our mteiests. Although the inhabitants have a right to expect, according to the nature of tho lainl sales' provision^, tliat ovcry street in which the Government sold land should have been made passable to tlio several allotments, out of the proceeds of those lots, yet, finding that a greater proportion oi those proceeds waft noeded than was sot apart for the maintenance of tlio local Government, thoy have in many instances asbistcd the authorities to improve the streets by voluntary contributions lot thatpuiposo. Theso contributions have not been misspent; for tho Btore- keepers and ahoplccoperb hn.ro denved good mlcrost on their outlay, in this way :—Traffic has become greater in propoitiou us tho BtroetJ hfire become bdtloi ; females, who ft few years ngo wcie of necessity obliged to romain at liomo during ft whole winter mison, cun now tiavorao tho streets and do their bhoppinfr with hut little inconvenience. But Blill it would be pleasing to gee tho work of further improvement going on. The streets leading to | the western portion of tho town aio GtiU in veiy bad j condition. Tliat difituct is boconung tliickly populated ; with people of a highly respectable class. A groat j number of our mocb.imc9 iuhal)it that part of tho town, aud, unless by West (^uoen Street, uccobs to it ts very diflicult either tor man or bonst during winter weaIhur. Woikiug people, who huvo less to Hji.iro liom ilioir oaiHinga m ujntcr than othci sc.isoua, Irivo greater outlay in con3cquenco of tlio h.idnesa of the Mreels. Ur.iyago ot firewood or other neceswiipa to their dwellingw costs nearly double as much — and then tlio price is deaily earned by the cartel. Wyiidham Streul Jm-3 been partially repaired by the inhabitants, but it wants a good metalled c:ut way in the contio, which might bo continued up to Ilohsou Street, find then afterwards it would not be rery expensive to branch it out along the streets running north and eonth of the hill. Every land owner iv those streets, 1 am sure, would willingly contribute a moiety towards such an undeitalung, mid 1 h.ivo a& little doubt of His Excolloncy tbo Lieutenant-Governor's willingness to do his part as f:ir us it in in Im power to help forward such much requited improvomentv 33ut some beginning must bu made — some one must talrp the firbt stop. I would recommend, tho inhabitants and lundholdcra of the streets in that locality to moot together, and choobo a comnntteo of two or three lor each atiei'l fiom among themselves, empower nuch corainitlee to collect fundg.and then placo such funds at the disposal of 11 is Excellency, who, ihavo no doubt, would be able to procure necessary labour cheaper and moi c ofluctive than the. inhabitants themselves could do. 'Iheio is one spot, however, that I would cnll tho attention of the authorities to in particular, on the principle of " a atitch in time saves nine." I lofor to that pai tof High street "opposite tho Tost Office. I noticed a, slioit time ago that water had lodged there in a small hole on the suiface — now it has bocomo quite a gulph — and fiom its proximity to the excavation between High street and Queen street, 1 feui, that unless comcdiing be dono speedily, that p.irt of High Btieet will blip jji.ulually avwiy down tho bant. A low loads of giavcl laid downlhcio would prevent further mischief— indeed si fiesh coal of metal the whole way fiom tho Crescent would bo a gieat benefit to that etreet, along which thcio muM ho a continuou'i tiaffic to aud from the Cubtomn, l'o;itOfllce,ainl Polico Barrack.— Youis, &c, I Ay Kmily Ri.siDtNr.