S.F.T.P.O.C.T.A.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 57, 8 March 1907, Page 2

S.F.T.P.O.C.T.A.

To The Editor. Sir, —In one of Mr Conie's m-cnt '"'111 epistles, 111- avowed tint sh->uh! one uf Its fearless enii-aiu'ics enter n certain tanner's cowyard all In* would tind would l)u 111 c "echo of tho disappearing funnel'.' Now, it so happens ill s despicable cowkevpcr lives in linngorei, ;inil is well known lo tile writer. 'Hint lie is as cowardly .-is lie is cruel in .'i mallei' of common notoriety, but, • MMiißely ''lion-!!, he does nol display (he trcpida'tiim line would expect al the thoughts of a visil from Air Cowie or 0111' of his dashing agents; on the contrary, he has been heard to declare tint should one or other dare -to put as much as a hoof inside his var.l he would knock their two sanguiiiarv opl:cs into one, or words to thai etfec't --.-■lirti is his boastful, vulvar wac of expressing himself. Could not' Mr lowio spare liime to visit Mangorei. and prove himself as brave in deed as in word, if not actually by going to ' llie extremity of dissolving this being oi cruelty into "echo," at auy rate furthering the protection of dumb animals by, say, temporarily "sending him <>> sleep."! jf»jlr Cowic would fix •in early date to canter out on this errand of mercy, I am sure many would he there to see. Subscriptions and mueli kudos to the "founder" of the Society would doubtless result.—l am,

W. STKPI-IISNSON. Mangorei, iTarch 4. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. To The Editor. Sir, Truth will out sometimes, and. \ts is to be expected, it always causes {'light ell'ervescence amongst its opponents. The ebullitions of "Lover of Justice" and "Skia" in your is-u ■ oi to-day arc pitiable examples. The former's alleged nm'trality wiiile "defending the I honour" of the {Society's founder is | ridiculously enigmatical. The idea of | this motley cotlecfion of self appoinli ed detectives congratulating ihem-el- | ves is immense: 1 congralulatc theiu idnccrely. upi»n their doltish self complacency, as exhibited by their e ; n-u ptou "Lover of Justice," and ii|io:i (iie'r narrow-minded presumption, as howu by "Skia." This latter individual, to give it a name, ventures ih > opinion that J was "under the iniluenve." U'ell if he refers to intoxicants. "hU hazard U iud a winu'ng one. a"d o- 1 j;oes to prove that "Skia'* and Truth nre -jierfiM't strangers. lb' is ti-u'v rliavacteris, ic ( »f th'.* f'rnhib't ion l'arly ?lnnderous and reckless to a d«'v The instance of cruelly lie cite-. w:s taken in hand au.t brought to iis cv m lual lermination by the right pir.\ the ])ol ; ce. and not by any handful of pettifogging old ladies.—l am. etc.