Correspondence.

Te Aroha News, Volume XVI, Issue 222052, 17 February 1900, Page 2

Correspondence.

We (To not Hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents..

TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —In the letter of ‘ Lyddite,’'published in your columns ef 15th: inst-,, appears, the. question. t- Is it right for this man to come into*Te Aroha and receive cash from a certain store for his wares,.the owner of which store has ! a son bow fighting in. the Transvaal, ■to send the money. to the Cape to carry on the war against her sou Now, as I have-come to the conclusion; that the Boer referred to in said letter 'means myself, X feel called upon to protest against this mean and unworthy attempt to produce enmity between the lady referred to and myself, and 'do- protest,, more especially on b«half •of. the said lady, as she- fears, and rightly so,, that the matter may. injure ;her in-her busim-3s,.and that some,, at least of the unthinking or unthoughtful of the community, may- evemtry to boycott hero. Now,. I should be exceedingly sorry to have been, the cause of anything of. the kind, or to have been the means, though, unwittingly, of injuring in-any way a hardworking respec'able woman' who is doing her utmost to earn an honest living and to bring up her large family in a respectable manner, and for Ler’s and her children’s sake,, I* hope such a thing will not be thought of. I may also isay that in all our business transitions .since the earliest days of.Te Aroha till now, r have found Mr? McLean (for she is the lady referred to) |as, honest, straightforward and honourable a woman as Xhave ever : had any business dealings with. We have always been the best of friends,, each fully trusting to and relying on the other’s honesty andfaimess in our transactions and X haye no fear, but that we shall remain so. As for Mrs McLean’s son, who, to use Lyddite's words, is now fighting in. the Transvaal, ‘Charlie’ and myself were always excellent friends and are so now, and I sincerely trust he may be permitted to-return to New Zealand safe and veil, with many interesting recollections from, his sojourn* in; South; Africa. Regarding myself, I will,.with.your permission, Mr Editor, have more tc say. in my next,, just now content with having defined my position in my .previous letter over the signature of “ Free Speech.”—l am, etc., 1 C.Brunn..