PUBLIC OPINION.

Patea Mail, 14 August 1882, Page 3

PUBLIC OPINION.

Contributions, Letters, Inquiries and Answees thereto, are invited on Farming. Commerce, Politics, and matters of interest to the Patea district. . Names of writers need not be Printed. HARBOR BOARD LEASE. The letter published by H. T. Bush is very ingenious but unsatisfactory. Ingenious in giving a history of affairs between the Patea Harbor Board and himself with reference to his lease, which I dare say all Patea residents knew something of, and are as possibly unconcerned about ; although probably done with a view of drawing public sympathy towards himself. The tone, and especially the closing words of his letter, “ Time will tell,” leads one to suppose some action is intended to be taken by him against the Harbor Board, This needs cash. But the real matters are passed . over altogether, viz. (1) his application to the Board to be relieved from his lease ; (2) the Board agreeing to do so leads one to the conclusion his occupancy' is ended ; (3) another party making bricks (therefore using Harbor Board property) outside and independent of H. T. Bush. WillH. T. Bush explain these, especially the last?—l am, &c., Observer. * CATTLE ON ROADS. The Wairoa Highway Board resolved at its last meeting to impound all animals straying on roads within the district. Had the Board resolved a little earlier, and taken an old proverb into consideration by first removing the beam out of their own eye, they would have seen clearly to take tlu: mote out of their brother’s. Is it not a fact that almost any day you will find pigs rooting up some of the byroads mighty near a member’s residence ?

Some members are bard in the hide ; or is it that it’s all in the Board family that they remain undisturbed, when the poor man’s cow or two will have to go to the pound ? A few; quiet cows do the byroads in many cases a great deal of good by eating up fern and long grass, (bat get very disagreeable when wet : and such cattle seldom annoy anyone ; but as to the swine, they take the ratepayers’ money to rectify their damage.—lam, Galbanum. Waverley, Aug. 12.