ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE

Patea Mail, Volume III, Issue 267, 3 November 1877, Page 2

ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE

COMPENSATION. (To the Editor of the Patea Mail.)’ Sir—Hearing a deal of talk about com* pensation for a certain road being taken, by publishing clause 73 of the Public Works Act, you will confer a favor on MILES’ BOY. Public Works Act, section 73 —“ No compensation shall be payable in respect of any land taken for a road or railway under this Act, the right to make a road over which is otherwise reserved to the Crown, and has not lapsed or become barred, or in respect of any road or public reserve upon which a railway is made under this and any special Act.” SCAB PETITION. (To the Editor of the Patea Mail.) Sir, —Being one in favor of Petitions being sent to Parliament re scab and compensation awhile ago, I have entirely lost the run of them. I have carefully perused “ Hansard ” but it is not recorded therein. Perhaps the Chairman or some of the committee, who were entrusted with the petitions will kindly enlighten inquirer w'hat has become of them. Hoping they will explain it in your next issue.—l am, &c. ONE WHO SIGNED BOTH. ■ o WHITEWASHING. (To the Editor of the Patea Mail.) Mb Editoß— Bankruptcy in this district has been rather a rare thing until lately, and calls, I think, from the public, some explanation how a stranger comes and settles down amongst them, gets credit right and left, at the same time it is well known a Bill of Sale' is in existence. Some of the people that are giving this credit know it, but from some cause go on giving credit, either from a hope of making a profit, or not liking to refuse business. _ Now, Mr Editor, without entering into local trade jealousies, I think every tradesman or man of business, when he knows a

Bill of Sale is in existence, should at once cease credit, for it generally amounts to the secured creditor getting paid in full—• other creditors being the victims. At the same time I must really.condemn the Want of fair-resentment on the part of the duped creditors, Surely it calls for a little punishment (in my opinion heavy punishment is deserved in some cases); but no, the bankrupt who has been living like a lord on the credulity of his duped creditors, passess without opposition,—l arn, &c. ONE WHO HAS BEEN DUPED.

EXPLANATION. (To the Editor of the Patea Mail.) Sir, —In reference to the report of the Taranaki Waste Lands Board and of my remarks, about Captain Wray, I wish to say that since my return I have seen Captain Wray, and find 1 was under a misapprehension at the time. I had in mind the bdsh land, whereas Captain Wray’s remarks applied to the open land. The brevity of the report published in the Taranaki Herald has given a different impression to that intended by me as to Government officials trying'to' get the land. I did not mean that they desired to get the whole block, but that a few wanted to buy 60 acre sections for purely speculative purposes, and not with the intention of settling down on it—thus excluding bona fide settlers.—l anl, &C;, F. J. GANE.

THE COMING SHOW. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE PATEA MAIL, j

Sir—l see in your issue of the 31st October, that a meeting of the Agricultural Society Committee is to be held on Saturday. So I would just like to call their attention to a little matter which seems to have escaped their memories. Before last show, held in March,- H. S. Peacock, Esq., promised the sum of £5 or so as a Special Prize or Prizes; but as lie was so late in naming what class or classes it should be awarded to, it was held over for the next show.

Now, it appears very much like it was last year. There is just two weeks to the show, ami there arc, as yet, no Special Prizes advertized in the programme. Why could not that Special Prize or Prizes have been advertized all the time in the programme. It might have been the means of inducing other gentlemen to give special prizes as well. Unless special prizes to be given are made public, how are people to know they are to be competed for. I see in one programme in 1876 . W. Wilson, Esq., £5 ss. K. E. Mcßae, Esq., £3 3s. Moreton and Lupton, Esqs., £3 3s. Donald Coutte, Esq., .£2 2s. The amounts were advertized in time for competition. I also see in the Taranaki papers that £4O in cash and three silver medals are offered as Special Prizes for their next show to be held in December next. What lias become of all the ex-special prizes to the Patea Show. —I am, &c, PROGRESS. Manutahi, November Ist, 1877.