CORRESPONDENCE.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43317, 25 April 1908, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

(tr« ire not respouaiblfl lor expressed by our correspond** -J .Vi . - ‘ ’ [To the Editor.] Sißlt is. the outsidersee^mo& t ,gj| of the game,” and it is. the tourn sees most of the , no t things strike him fll impress the resident qu...*g?o ® * I suppose that in (time become more accustomed ' to> Cglorious mountain, and to those inglorious pumps which ar6 *P. A * be refractory. A lady to me the other day that the magnesia pump had been out of orfltr, for three weeks! The other [morning an enterprising visitor, } merchant from had gone to No. 15 for an early drmK, m fell into a discussion with a bj- V stander, as to the ci v that spring at the compared with what it wasgometim© ago. Merely by way of testing its heat he put his hand into the oveiflow. Suddenly an awesome vision appeared from the portals of No. & Bath, with the stem prohibition :-~ “You mustn’t wash your \hands there!” “Why, I’m the cleanest man in New Zealand 1, was. W prompt reply. Here one is famto ask if deservedly popular "°* could not be protected. The idea of all and sundry dipping into it wjth their various tumblers is alarming— a, y is in fact too much like dnnkmg washing-up water. 1 But, I’m not complaining, I love 1 Te Aroha, it is the sweetest resort I have been to, including Rotorua., Jg : But as a giddy versefier of my acquaintance desires me to enclose 1 with this screed the following poem. (save the mark) I hastem to do so, with an apology to Lewis Oarrol if he i demands one.’ Here it is *—

THE TOURIST AND TE AROHA,

The time is come the tourist said (hark how yon fowl-yard rings 1) .... . To talk of fair Te Aroha, with all its founts and springs, , J Its baths, and paths, and waterworks, and ootogans and things- < Of why its pumps so often set the thirsty soul at naught, • , - , > And why the tickets must he used the wry day they’re bought, , _ Why no one ever lovod fifteen, though every body ought. * - Of why the gardener strews the beds wiffi little bits of grass, . „ And why the gale discharges Bheets of roofing And mountain’s piled in euoh an . , overwhelming mass. , - Oh ! gaily laughed To Aroha, anA bierrily humanity, . •" I'M I have my little virtues too, r **• . ‘ I have no fearsome geysers like my sister up • , M the line, . , ■ No smells of hard-boiled eggs, no mud, no calderons are mine, «« » « My pumpß might be improved, fifteen , not exactly wine. But take me all in all, I am not bad to know, nor'see, 1 , ; My mountain is a mountain, my water* you’ll agree ‘ ' *.f‘ t jtLiJL’i Are-well, who is not dean, up hew the blame on me!” Vn)J£o> M : ■ / ; 3!

[To the Editor.] ’ ' Sir,—ln Wednesday’s Herald there was an account of a dreadful accident! on the Railway in Victoria, causing - a great loss of life. As a visitor, l am sure you will bav& * dreadful* ~, accident in this town, that wiU> horrify the country. I rejcr. to the coaches on your main street. jßwj J* sir, your Mayor and Borough Council must see that this is nothing less than a death-trap to the people using the streets, and that they will be made liable for any damage that bo ; done. I cannot understand, how any sane man stagj ■ of affairs to continue. Are the ratepayers aware that at any motnen / ; g|J there may be an accident, by a runaway horse, that may land theni in 1| thousands of pounds in compensation. I do not whether there is a policeman or .not, during my stavycertainly I have hot seen one. If the{® is* “Jlgf! surely must know that his billet all ■. v at stake, and he certainly wouULW liable to Criminal prosecution permitting this death-trap to esak-■ Not only so, but I am of the opinion, '. the Mayor and Councillors stand in gg| the same position. In no town pi the Dominion is such thing • allowed, and above all places it ;s||g should not be allowed in a tourist resort, such as Te Aroha- If the 1 people think nothing of their own lives, they should surely thin* Vi«f something of the lives of those who visit here for health sake. In the very back blocks of the country such a thing would not be allowed, espem- .** ally wheteitcanbeso easily avoided. The Minister of Justice should, be/ v t; communicated with, andthe stew bf affairs made known to him !,« >. \ is too late, there is no use in JbcEM the door after the horse is stoledij' yv/; Trusting, sir, your paper will tax* SB this matter up.—l am, etc., ."1 Visitor.

[To the Editor.] Sir,—There is a paragraph in Thursday’s Herald, from their Kata- |§ kati correspondent, stating that he fs!§ has been informed that the Public fU} Works Department, on the advice of . the enginleering staff is now consider- , > ing the connection of the East and West Coast Railway via Tauranga to Te Aroha through Thompson’s track*. Now, sir, this is of vital > to Te Aroha, as you will see at a glance, how important it would be to ; us to be connected with the East Coast, We are withm a few hour# mm ■ . , ■■

rivers ,ea"y prade the to the Waikato and Auckland for stock, not to say sir, one is fairly lost in all this, what it would mean to our town and district Thompson’s track was formed some fourteen years ago at the time we were promised a coach road. Although ; Tauranga tried all they could to help us in that matter, 1 regret to say, we in Te Aroha totally neglected the '. opportunity. Now, sir, I sincerely hope our Borough Council and Chamber of . Commerce will take this matter up and leave no stone unturned f. to advance our connection with the East Coast via Tauranga. I would respectfully suggest that a ; petition be prepared, and have it ready for next sitting of Parliament, out the easy ways Ithere are between the East and West Coast via ' Tauranga and. Te Aroha, either for 1 coach or railway. Of course we want the railway, but in the meantime by all means let us have a good coach road. This concerns us all, newspaper men, business men, in i fact, any man iwho gets hie living in Te Aroha. So that there cannot be any fussing' about the back yard business. Trusting the Press will take this matter up.—l am, etc. John Williams.