CORRESPONDENCE

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 310, 15 December 1884, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE

We do not hold ouraulvos rasponiilbts for the opinion expressed by our corre»pOHdvnt?.) TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —During the examination in bankruptcy yesterday I was greatly surprised at the report of the Assignee with reference to my estate. The Assignee reported “ That I had during the last year received a sum of for which I have not accounted, and had not paid anyone.” Sir, that statement of the Assignee is incorrect, unjustifiable and damaging, and 1 am reluctantly compelled to refute it in public print, not being afforded the opportunity of doing so in the open Court. The report bearing the impress of officialism is presumably reliable. For surveys undertaken for Porter and Croft, I received from November 1882 to April 1884, a sum of From that I paid for wages to tradesmen and others in Gisborne 2320, household expenses, /,i66, and the balance of went for actual travelling expenses to and from my work. All the expenditure can be vouched for by orders on Porter and Croit, and by cheques in the bank.—l am &c., Edward O’meara. Gisborne, Dec. 13, 1884,

TO THE EDITOR.

Sir, —In your issue oflast Friday, there appears a sub-leader on the case of the girl Bella Carron. With the facts that came publicly before you in connection with this case, you could not have written other than you did. But I feel sure, had you known all the facts, you would not nave been so hard upon the young girl’s parents. They are entitled to sympathy rather than blame. What are the facts ? For two months or more, the father has had to leave his work and devote himself to the sole duty of watching bis child, and keeping her out of mischief. The mother nas had to leave her home and go out nursing, the cares of the household being left to a young but clever little girl. The mother did not knw her daughter was to be placed at the bar until she saw the account of the case in the newspapers. Probably the father did not know the case was to be cailcd on so soon. But I feel sure it was for no want of interest in the poor girl’s welfare that he did not appear. The case is a very-melancholy one. The girl is perfectly unmanageable so far as ner parents are concerned. I know how careiuily they nursed her night and day through a long illness, and no sooner did she regain her strength sufficiently, than □he began that erratic course, which has brought her before the public forsometinie past Ihe father and mother are thankful that rind friends have secured her removal to the Auckland hospital, where under constant medical treatment and constraint, she may be cured of this complaint.— 1 am, &c., John Me Ar a.