ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 92, 22 September 1863, Page 3

ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

r DO NOT HOLD OUHSELVES HESPONSIM-E 1 /poA THK OVINTONS EXPIIESSED BY OUU f COKHESPONDENTS. i To the Editor of the InvercargiH • Times. * Dear Sib,— "What a great shame it is tuat the ySersahauld be allowed to raise A?jpnoo of tf&nt in Invcrcargill, without a word from any ofsettlers, showing that there is not ?JSt Scarcity of meat in the province, which they i<^ P^f b wlSr Sfo r S al 6 aUOsa-head ■ iL.f nfiVo mil afford to retail mutton at Is S'ltSSito. *s«f w^ow « 2s 6d. 'XL n tlipv nurchaso their cattle ab from /Os to '.r P'lSir Surely one 'hundred -ought to StSSW -^g from ten to twelve No; they have just taken ad■£.nf- n <rA>.f the cry of scarity of meat, to impose upon :Kpublic, a* th J c settled expense. That there lS be a scarcity of moat, if we have a great rush fir hero from *"* other co ] om , e8 I hxU ? * ch Z C> Shut till that time arrives, I cannot ccc why the butchers should raisethc price of meat some 2.0 • cen t.., when the settlers aro willing to sell at the , f tices I have named, whichtire not more, especially with regard <to mutton, than havo been ruling throughout the year. • 0 Yeurs truly, i Bohderhr. j [Borderer's remarks seem to apply chiefly to ' mutton ; the rise in the price of beef was, we take 'jt the cbief grievance. — EJ. I.2V]