Wake Up, Clevedon!

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 303, 21 August 1917, Page 1

Wake Up, Clevedon!

I To the Editor] Sir,—Really Mr Luke is astounding. He says his being corrected is liable to 'mislead.' He seems to be an exponent of the philosophy 'When I open my mouth let no dog bark ' But if Mr Luke will read the minute book he will find a record there of my attending the Board relative to Thorp's quarry and scenic reserve. If that does not suit him I still have the manusciipt of the terms Mr Thorp imposed and put in writing because Mr Thorp had his 'doots' about the Board. However, I am glad to see Mr Luke is rot always bad humoured He says the deal for the land was 2CO per cent successful. But what would he say when I tell him that the Board's bungling cost an extra pound per acre above what I had originally arranged ? Also if Mr Thorp should get 'honour' for giving land at half pics why should I not get 'honour' for relinquishing my rights to ten acres alongside the reserve free ? Also handing over about double the area of the Board's resf-rve 'without compensation'for a scnic and water reserve.

Likewise I would like to know why, if the Board is such a model of rectitude and no vulga' person should criticise it, it does nut act the decent neighbour and offer to pay its 'whack' for the half mile of fence I put alongside its reserve. AJso why cannot the Board put Borne sort of a path through the reserve so that ldies and elderly people can enjoy the bush ? 1 und<rstand the Board are such expert financiers that thoy can cteute an overdraft equ»l to about a year's rates, and surely a few shillings should not baffle them. They

stem to me to be quite able to make £2 go as far as anyone else would ten shillings (!) Mr Luke says the criticism the Board gets is no honour to anyone. I agree with Lim in part. The Board I consider particularly. Since writing last lime I have made further investigations concerning my scientific appraisement of the Board's skill as cave men and am convinced they have built a cave of adullam amongst the ratepayers and allowed the metal on the roads to cave in at a number of spots. Long live science, method, ability! I also have another little convic tioD, viz , that if I had reported that it was impossible to make a deal with Mr Thorp and worked like billy-o doing nothing to achieve an agreement I should at hast have got the honour (f a banquet and a 'trashy present,' (Thanks- Mr Munro for tint diplomatic phrase). But 'enough' as the Maoiis write it or it will be a case of Lukus a non Lukorulo. (The bush does not shine). I am, etc., SAM. A. BROWNE. Clevokn, 11 8/17

[To THE EdITOB] Sir—ln your issue of August 7th there are two letters—one from 'Kip Van Winkle'and the ether from Mr John Luke 'Rip' says they have jumped from Noah in Genesis to Luke and hy way of Samuel to Revelations. That is the start of the Bible and the finish of the Testament. Mr Luke on his part, refers to Mr Thorpe, who has been dead for some years I do not see why his name cannot be kept out of the 'mud .-linging.' 'J he Clevedon road, it is asserted, is not so bad as it is said to be but if some of the Clevedon folk would only go up the hill from Ness Valley to the junction at the top they would S'ioii see that it wanted some metal on it. It will soon be in a

condition that a horse will get bogged in it. A gig recently met with disaster on the road through the horse being up to its girth in the mud. As for driving twenty miles on the Clevedon road without a bump it is impossible.—l am, etc. A Real Moumovkaite. Moumoukai, August 11th, 1917,