CORRESPONDENCE.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1277, 17 February 1883, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold ourselves responsible toe the opinions expressed by eur eerrespondentaj.

TE KOOTI’S PARDON.

lO.TXB BDIMR. Sin,—Will you kindly nse your influence with the public to call an indignation meeting with regard to the pardoning of Te Kooti. I myself lost three relatives by tho bloodthirsty hound, and I would like to see the people of Poverty Bay, by passing resolutions, show that they feel contempt for a Ministry which will act as the present one has done.—l am, Ac., One who Escaped. [There could be no possible harm in an indignation meeting being held, hut we are afraid there would result no probable good. The strings are pulled by powerful hands, and the weight of the personal interests at stake is so heavy that it is unlikely the feeble strength of Poverty Bay can shift it. Still there is nothing like trying, and we can, as a community, even if unable to gain anything, enter our protest.—Ed. P. 8.5.)

TO THX EDITOR. Sir,—When anv of our local charitable institutions require assistance they call mostly on the working-classes to help them in getting up concerts, Ac, but the epper ten very rarely, if ever, condescend to amuse the public. It is, I suppose, tirfr* dii). lam myself a working man, and one who has assisted, at no inconsiderable expense to myself on several occasions, and I can't see why those who initiate these entertainments do not induce their wives, sisters, cousins, or aunts to come forward. Mr Townley is of opinion that a concert in aid of the Fire Brigade would considerably augment the funds. No doubt it is so; but let Mr Townley get up an entertainment, and secure the services of the ladies and gentlemen who form the elite of tha Ray, and who, through their positions, are most interested. I feel confident it would be a greater success than if those who have been constantly before the public were to take part. —I am, &c.. One of the Latter.