TO THE EDITOR

Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, Volume 1, Issue 45, 7 February 1902, Page 3

TO THE EDITOR

In your issue of Jan, 24 appears a letter from Kaipara Flats refering very pointedly to the actions of a certain membpr of the U, M, Road Board, very misleading to the public, One side of a case often sounds very well till tfye osker side i^;heard. The member rpferrpd to Mr. Editor is mys.elf, and I wi}l take t^cwh^ple qi t)ie regponajbility r| my action, which ig this. At a mpeting of tl^e Board I offered them the sum of tpn fillings |or the rig^t to cut grass seed from $langakura glock 4ndrews corner, being pf thp o L iniQjj fae Bpard hgd a perfect right tP dispose p| the same as they thpught fi^ my offer was apcei^pd. )ii.y wife passing alpng^ ti|e rp.^d op ' Jim. 14 s^w My, Trotter, his wife and twp jadg tiu^m^ th> s^p4 fqr all they were wprth, on the morning of jap. ljj aVpighVj: put \n a^ appearaßPG ftM itffl*mpa MrT'ftt^r,hp was c]it|-ipg w^a^]aej9jjged tp me, (Tfoi true pplourg refened ;n the ieser froni WP?T|fi ¥\W h) ft? % tyWS ■ myself put to pc < specially frieridiy to Mr. jfrptter ty is fj well knpirn s f^ct we' do far thp right fle ]iad no title thpugh he d^Watefy tpolc^tj^eW^eqi j^6 spei and p]| inSidp h|s ifinpe w^e i it now Hj3B 1$ jng-. Ki^dty ftllqvv ifclje ji^blic judptHid action ft^d m&M ]p'Mte-: p^ra |*at» QQr|est)p.n^tV s^e,s |he prinpipai invole^. l . J ame|o. r |ff e^enp Wqpdpq^

TO THg EDITOR

Sjr, . • ■.-.■■-■ Kindly, fiernrit me fljrqugh fhfl m.edlv(ny of yflur valuable p^ger Tq $ak fqran explanation oi the Yftsft\l§ £* a* flicting; statement! B^b'KsJ^ed t re. the "Aew^tean^ef xbr-uuji |([at^?|gi'^rade. In the Herald of aoy. let. 19*6, Mr. W. A. McGfregpy wptes $$ '.iTnci order fp ; y §|eamfir's construction has been placed tM firm qf jfohert Dunca^ & ppj ■ fjla&gqw Scqfla^nd and slie wi)\ 'be. b,^ilt in^n^ediately—by the." sh^uU^jftK frade a^ hon^e is of l§Cjll^t McGregor is reporiej^ if. %ye §aid |p yo^jr Oma^ia Carreaaoqden.tj (.(.^ha.t the; firir^ w^s. ha.yin : gf| s^m,er b\\i^t w^t ajl tl^e lat-. est i^fo,Yeu.en^s.M . r . ; Then in your paneor of Dec, 6th 19') 1 it i§ stated that "X contract has been plaaed wijbh Murdo^k and Murray by the McGregor 8. S. Company of Auckland N. Z. Ibr a new steamer for their passenger, and cargo trade. . '*: lanietc., ~ SuVfWriber.

[Wi^h the first two statements we have nothing, to do. The later was written with a copy, of the Port Glasgow paper in iru^ of us a,t the time of wniing. Ed.^ ,