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Thames Star, Issue XI, 21 June 1880, Page 2

(To the Editor of (he Evening Star.) Sib, —Wouid you tiudly insert the, fol'owing lell it, wbnh lias been re.as d insertion in the The nes Advertiser. As I tb'nk it is not fair for the editor of tint journal to coastiiu'e himself the champion of the Thames Coenly Council, end c " people names in a manner only worthy of a Sdoe Lane penny-a-Jiner, without giving them a chance of a reply. By doing su you wHI oblige.—Yours, &c, I J.E.Shaw. Paeroa, June 16th, 1880. the Editor of the Thames Advertiser.), Sib,—As you still think that the County Council " merits" your assistance to make wrong appear right, you wiU excuse me if I ask you to insert the following :— You say " tbi.t it was the absurdity of my compuint that prompted the remarks on my lett-r." Nol[a bit of it, Mr Editor, as I know Joo well how the wires are pullfd to believe any such thing. But if it is absurd for a man to compla;n when a wrong has been done, then I have been absu d, but Mr Editor, how wou'd you like t> vv.lk or ride a dozen milt j ; j look at a contract, make a careful estimate of the work, conform to al 1 the numerous conditions imposed on tenderers, to find that a bogus notice is r'nserted H the Press, of which we can know nothing till too la' j, uolesH we had the tip that such a thing was obe dove P But of course these extra adveri'sements would make any person see the absurdity of a tenderer comphining. You say "we" cannot recognise any ignement I may have made with a member of the Council. Now, sir, I never asked "we " to recog> vise say an. ngement, as I Lave not maue {ny, or stat 1 that I had, I think "we " must have been before a " Banull, &c." wheu " we" wrote the arrangement remarks, vn you w:ll find nothing in my letfers s-a.'ag th'tl d;d so. You staler, " tuat if I had not mi Je a a ass of myself by stating my price before a barfuil of pc >ple, I should not have aiythhg to c-ompl?in oi'." Now, sir, if I hau me.de aa ass of myself as you slate, that is more ihi' i you can do for yourself, as nature has b en already more than liberal io you iv that reap et. As to my price, being a newly mane animal, I did not know it; aad not having tn owner, cou'd not apply to him ibr my market value. Not so the matured eoimal that edits the Thames Adviuser—the County Council his reputad owne> —ao doubt Knows his price. Thanking you brother " Ntddy " for past kindness, I a/n, <fee, J. E. Shaw.