ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 108, 30 October 1863, Page 5

ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

!tfj 7)0 K6T HOit> OXJUSELVES KE9PO"NSTKDE FOX THE OMNION9 SKPttBSSED : BT -OTB C»EREBPO>mEN>rs. '- ,/; ; . y ■".:,.*- ' ■•; . ■.--._ ■-.'-, ~i. . \ *"i - --ifo Hie ScHtor of the Irivcrcterffill times,) K Siu.— l was much surprised 'upon^observing a paragraph in your impression^tf; this" morning, to the effect that the Fire Engine tried on Saturday at 'the Puni Creek did not.answer. the expect^ grions of the.owners. ;P«rait me'toirfform yo.U; £atsuch an assertion is totally unfounded ; and even had your reporter 'had 'the most jintimate tquaintance with flic' secret Feelinffs of the ,ffner«i he would haveTafled to Tiave discovered latisfaction on Iheir parts, with the. performance of the engine • * Ihey can also state that niaother engine of any- > thing like its «tse,* in this or the Australian, colonies possesses such, general effectiveness, ;” > tombined with, such fixtreme simplicity , and x ' portability. : Had it <J beeri ;6n r massive frame, r ," itith heavy wheels, and requiring half >a-dozen Worses for its locomotion, it might possibly have ; teen more to the taste 6f some parties, although , ', possessing no greater ambunt'of cfSciency than -, . is combined in the compact and porteblerforni of -.- the engine tried on Saturday. . . ! j lam, Sir, ' Yoarß 'Respectfully, ; R- W.Watson. ' [Our correspondeni seems very "fiery" on^ - the subject of this engine. We were informed, ,• that it was " imported to throty seventy 'feet," it, has not as yet done so— surely we -:ere not to Wame for that. The "some" mx. horses, and r "failings" referred to,vre know nothing about.;