The Coronation Ceremony.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 120, 13 December 1915, Page 2

The Coronation Ceremony.

, T0 THE EDITOR, ] Sir,—This correspondence having taken a personal turn, certainly not initiated by the writer, and consequently drifting away from the point at issue, viz., The Coronation Fiasco, aid as it appears quite impossible to get an explanation ot any kind from Mr James Koulstoo, the fnllowing remarks will controversy as far as the wiiter is concerned, viz.:— 1. I di j not state "hi tried to influence me" regarding the Saturday closing question; buttoat he said "on account of our views differing upon that question I. could not expect him to vr>te for ms," My reply wap, "1 did not ask you to vote for me, etc." In hu las>t litter he states I asked him first, (iood; we will leave it at that. The public know the #alue of oar respective words.

2. K garding the value Mr James Koalaton put* upon his vote, 1 beg to point out this fact: Mr James Rouls'oi's vote carrrs no more weight anl consequently is of no more value than that of the poorest member of this community; because each have one vote only, representing auojt the value of 1 in 900 vutes. My vote st the nresent time ia the management and conduct of the municipal affairs of the bnrongb counts 1 in 9, ani therefore his a value about 899 times greater than Mr James Houston's.

3. Regarding Mr Jamis Ro'ilston taking upon himself to ndvisa tbe writer, 1 beg to eay it is only by outspoken criticism that public attention, anywherp, can be called from its letnargy; aad that tbis view is correct haj been forcibly brought horns to me through the hundreds of congratulations 1 have received, djring the coarse of this correspondence, 03 my outspoken criticism.

4. Mr James Houston's closing remarks are certainly very tunny, because they savour of the parson's olt-quoted phrase: "Do as 1 Bay, not as I do." For who is there ri this district mora and self-assertive than Mr James Roulaton; and where is there one individual in this community whose opiniin is likely to bear lesi weight upon what is, or is not, "good form." 5. Fisally, Sir, Mr James Roulston must in truth be very angry and feel deeply cresttillen and disappointed now he realises his lett r writing has been no more effective than his Coronation Fus:o oiga isatior, or he certainly would not forget himself to descend to threats which, as far as they aff.ct the writer, might just as well have been thrown to the winds of heaven. No, Sir, your humble scribe knows of no other count y where the individual is better protected from the viclence, or calumny, ot the vicious, than tbis Dominion. Locally our police force are, like Potiphar's wif*, abo.e sjspicioo, therefore uron 'hat head we po r rabble are quite safe; then for the defamer, the wh'spere s behind the hand, the two libel laws of this favoured lanJ are sufficient. The law tor malicious libel carries imprisonment only, whereas the law fbr defamatioa carries a fine according to tha degree of damage done to the dt famed. Therefore Mr James Roulston can take tbis from me; my dignity, my self-:steem, or my rest, will rot be disturbed one i ita by any veihd threat ts:d to intimiJate me from doing what 1 consider mv duty to the public simply bscaus?, if occasion arises, I will us: the law ia> its most drastic form upon my first detractor.—l am, etc., CECIL KOADLEY.