Our Letter Box

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7945, 7 October 1905, Page 2

Our Letter Box

fWn aro not responsible for the opinions expressed by correspondents). Mil JENNINGS ANII TILS FLECT--01l ATE.

fTo the Editor-). Sir,—My fellow electors have reason to be more than pleased with the efforts of our member, Mr .Jennings, «he has fought so hard and well for j the interests of his district. In 'going ' into matters 1 lind he has got. one ' way and another, for immediate expemdituh) in tlv«"Eg.m<;|.lt MlitotkMtJ ie, on roads and bridges, something like £2o,ooo—a sum much greater than any other country member has bees able to secure. He has proved himself to I*} a member who is reallj alive to the interests of his consti tuents and »« are indued foiituna'te in having for our member,» gentleman able to devote ungrudgingly tli« whole of his time and energies, yenf in and year out, to securing what his constituents require. When we consider over what a large area the Egmont' electorate extends —from Oeo to beyond Te Kuti— -'BO miles, it is obvious that mi man who has to attend to his business for a. livelihood, could possibly devote himself to the wants of the Egmont electors as Mr .Jennings has proved himself capable of doing. The whok-heartvdne'ss with which hu has thrown himself into the work of safeguarding and advancing the interests of his constituents has won for him on all sides, and even from (hose who at the last election were opposed Ie him, the very highest regard and esteem, and lr« indoed would show more rashness than judgment who would venture to stand against a member so immensely popular as Mr Jennings. I bear that a few nilvlcon-Uiiits-and they could l>e numbered on one's lingers—are making efforts to misivprasimt his attitude en what is called the freehold question.. Mr Jennings. as Hansard proves, has been, and is, a staunch advocate tor the freehold, and for giving Crown tenants Ihe right to exchange their.) lenses fur tho freehold, and will when the time is. ripe be found voting for it. Jiut how could he vi>te for Mr Massey's m*JUo,I- - was designed as n want of confidence motion—against the liberal parly to which he has always been loyal '? I feel that, when the hour strikes, the electors <*' Eflmont will return unopposed a -'member who has so unremittingly and so unswervingh laboured to advance their wel> fare.—Yours, etc., _^ m A I.IACK-HLOCKEI!. Taranaki.Oct. 2, 1903.

RAILWAY- DEVIATION. (To the Editor.) SU'.-As a ratepayer and an Kasleuder I protest against Messrs Cock, Okey, Elwiu awl Western and a «•'« mere of the same sort pretending lo represent the public. The "Public Meeting" was a miserable fiz'-le as only 41 persons turned up, including the wire-pullers, and it and the deputation to Wellington are only a little move by some oi those who arc after the £3OO a year billet, to get popularity and make little of Mr H. M. Smith at the expense, ot someone else. "Death-trap" is tommy rot; there -are hundreds of more dangerous crossings, and look at the electric trams going up and down and crossing streets in every large town at lour times the pace that our train crosses at, and without any man ahead with a flag. I wouldn't mind seeing money spent here, but I do object to our being deprived ot Eliot Street station, the work would cost at. least £50,(100, a nd the bits of land that the Government Wouhl se'l (the only parts worth anything much are the-. 30 feet or so lo Devon Street) wouldn't fetch £I,OOO at the most. A few outsiders might conic lure to.work .for a bit but then they would go away regain as those who have been "Working tor the Borough 'Council have, and six months afterwards we would have lost our Eliot Street station, all East end properties would have become depreciated, and we would have a big block against us in the future of "£50,000 Wasted, at New Plymouth" as against the just claims of the district for roads in the baok blocks and Harbour works.—Yours, etc., AN EAST-ENDER.