Correspondence.

Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3045, 18 November 1878, Page 2

Correspondence.

These columns are open to'S^^Hfcpondence ol public interest, but we do not h<nQpßßira|M*noiißiDlefor the opinions of writers. Corrifp«B«hc« must in ail cases be authenticated by the raid name and a'ddrwi: of the writer—not necessarily for publication, but •■ a guarantee of good faith. - •, (To the Editor of the Brining Star.) i Sib,—ln common with most Thames! people I hare been a most enthusiastic admirer of Mr Brodie in Thames public, matters. It was a wise and grateful act i of the miners to place him at the head of, the poll. Surrounded with breakers,! ; without the loss of a single spar, he navi-' gated his ship clean through into open water His steering was something won* ; derful, and the highest praise that could be given is that his action hat been j almost equal to the high-class Englishman j who condescends to be in earnest to serve ' the public. I am aware of the popular delusion entertained with regard to Scotchmen, still I hold with the author of the " Old .Red Sandstone " all the same. Sir, dntertainirlg these views with regard \ to Mr Brodie, judge of my surprise and ! dismay when reading, the Advertiser's report of the Karaka tunnel meeting and Mr Brodie's remarks thereon. They failed at Coromandel or Timbucto, therefore they must fail at the Thames; an absurd and imbecile style of reasoning quite unworthy of the astute County Chairman. I would most respectfully point out to Mr Brodie that the question for his consideration as a public ruler is, not whether they failed at Timbucto or elsewhere, but how many men will this tunnel employ ; how many mouths will it fill; that is the point. By experience we happen to know the, gold is there, but it can't be worked by each miner having his own little drive and shaft, and little bucket to haul his stuff up. lam given to understand Mr Brodie is almost a new chum at gold mining, and I may be par. doped for informing him. that it is the opinion of experts, who have made mining a life's study, that it will be a decides success, not by throwing cold water on v a work that weaker brains could not de- '* vise, but by resolutely setting ourselves to work, and give the youth of the district a chance to become real men, by the finding of employment, a want of which the County Chairman has so often and so gushingly deplored. There are too many interests at stake to permit any trifling in this matter. The future of the Thames is bound up in it, and if I might be permitted to have a word with the promoters, I would say don't oramp yourselves ; make a big thing of it; get all the outside capital you can and start ahead; and if it should not turn out all the most sanguine expect, what about it P—better to wear out than rust but. Failure is a word unknown to our race. Because the London went down in Bay of Biscay with . all hands, has that ever deterred other Captains from crossing it successfully. If I all handn will pull together, instead of men leaving the district we shall have to import them. One man can do but little* but as far as I am concerned, I will do all i that little up to the handle.—l am, &c. t I G. A. YIDDISH. Shortlarid. [The report referred to by o«r correspondent scarcely represented what Air Brodie said. He was anxious the scheme should be launched iv a way to make it a success, and has, since the meeting, been energetically employed in promoting the scheme.—Ed.]