MANAWATU.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 15, 6 May 1871, Page 1

MANAWATU.

(From our. own Correspondent.)

Having no ; hews ! from this district to record, I have thought it necessary, both on my own 'account and also oh that of the Independent's', id notice some strict tures passed upon my communications >to y6hr paper, which appeared'in a I letter Headed " Manawatu," on the 2&rid j instant;' Through some ; oversight your i correspondent '-neglected ' attaching any | signature to' bis letter;- and it makes any j reference to it rathenhcorivehient, and I i would ask him 1 for 1 the future to adopt >\sovne { ndm deplume. "" ' ''" "•"**"

[ " iii the first place, your correspondent I accuses me of '"jumping at conclusions j from'hearsay, ihste'ad pf : gbih^by facts,'" land mentions as an instance the inforjmatioh'l forwarded you "about the"dif- 1 ferehce "of pressure'between' tow and; ] flax. I have to offer" in explanation* tlsat by ex'pefieWceT cannot tell whetner

such is practically the fact, not having been employed in that kind of manual labor; and if your correspondent has (which I cannot say, though by the confidence of his assertions one is led to suppose he has been), he should know better, but I am at liberty to state the information I gave was derived from one of the partners in the flax mill, who should be aware of what the real facts of the case are. Your correspondent amusingly accuses me of jumping at conclusions, and perpetrates the same fault himself a few lines on in the same paragragh by insinuations concerning the late elections, founded probably on such a trustworthy source as a paragraph in the " Evening Post." I do not suppose with all your correspondent's bounce, (as he appears personally interested in the flax mill) that he will attempt to deny the statement I made in your issue of the 15th inst, that *' the Manawatu flax mill has again eome to grief, and all work is suspended. It appears. from either mismanagement or faulty j machinery, it could not be carried on at a profit by the present lessees," or that " some large sums are owing to the contractors for flax and firewood." I may tell him that my information on these heads is so good, that many other little matters might be stated, but which I have held over, on account of not wishing to make matters more unpleasant than they really are to the parties interested, but which, if he is very i anxious to have published, I shall be delighted to give him. In regard to my report of the meet-; ing on board tlVs.s. Go-a-Head,.l would; reply to jj-iis omarks, that he must allow other pat lies besides himself to' arrive at certain conclusions, and as he only thinks, without bringing, forward any other reason to prove ;me wrong-r----he will excuse my.,saying that it is hardly one of any ; weight. The three last paragraphs of his'letter; are beyond my province to enter upon ;; but I may say, that his attempted slur upon Mr Thynne's conduct as : Deputy Returning Officer, stamps- the character of the writer, and -that he would have acted more uprightly and lawfully j had; he any complaints to make, to have done so straightforwardly to the • Principal Returning Officer As far as. I have; heard no one had the least to say against, the manner he conducted his duty, but' all ;expressed themselves perfectly satisfied with it. Your correspondent should ; recall to mind the proverb of Solomon, "he that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person," and take care lest, lie come under such a desig- ; nation. •; . ..-;... >,-■.■ ■■', ■■>■

■ The foolish paragraph about rumors floating about a new executive; should Mr Fmnimore be elected Superintendent, is entirely of his own*imagining, as that - gentleman was ; only in the town about a couple of hours, and that was when he held a meeting—and lie only arrived by the Wanganui'Coach and left by the Wellington Coach, so'had no time to speak to" any'gentleman about matters so far in' the womb of futurity as his executive. Besides which, Mr Thynne was 1 up in the Eangitikei trict at the time. ■

I hope after this ypuY correspondent will be satisfied, and without wishing to hurt his vanity, must tell him, that I i should have taken no notice of his letter had it not been to justify myself with ; the,' Editor of tlie Indepndent, and. to ; assure him that he may always rely i upon the information received from bis ;" own correspondent," and I may fur- | tber add, that another correspondent of some weeks back, who signed I himself " Bushman," and , .who found j fault ! wffi my 'correctness concerning ! the advisability of forming a tramway from ; Palmerston to' Foxtoh, ! is proved wrong jby the'Teader ,in thes'issue of 'the &4th, 'wherein.' it 1 is ' stated "that the General 1 Government are about to contract for !the"remaihing portion of the' line fioiri '