Correspondence.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3593, 2 July 1880, Page 3

Correspondence.

Tlicee columns a:-e open to all correspondence of public interes.t, but \:e do noyl'o'u ourselycsrestior.sib'efor the opinions of wiivCir. Co'.respomiencemvst i-.i all sasoe be autheju'cslcii by tlie ;eal name and address of the writer—no u necessarily for publication, but as

a guarantee of good faith. (To the Editor of the Evening Stab.) Sir —,After the righteous indi<>3?t)o:j manifestrd both bere and at Auckland agaiost our Evident Magistrate, I think come one ought 1o say a word on the other side. I mean the teetotallers' side. When I first learnt that six pubUc houses had b"en struck oil the list by the Corumissiocevs, I said, " Bravo, well done, new Warden! Go on and prosper!" Bat when I afterwards learnt that they all belonged io lue Mayor, I felt sympathy for him for his great loss. I knew that he had not my teeto'al eyes, and therefore corM not see it in the same light. I think it will be admitted that it is not a respectable business, although I admit many respectable people are connected with it. 1 wonder if the Besident Magistrate only used the power he had, if so I admire bis pluck and courage. And he deserves the sympathy of every honest tradesman in the place, for he i^ sure to get it h< t from the nublicans' side. If he was only sent home drunk in a cab now and again, then they would do him honour. I think, if one can judge from the wellbalanced bead and steady eye, that they have got a man to deal with, and not a boy, r.rid a man is very much needed in that place at this time. lam sure that one-half of the public houses in this place would be closed, if a majority of the people had it to decide. And every grocer,, every draper, every butcher, every shoemaker, and every newspaper proprietor would be the better for it. It is a sad pity, and a wrong state of things, when one man's loss should be a benefit to all others. My prayer is that our new Magistrate may haVe the sound judgment and goodness of heart to stand by the interests of the many, and leave all the rest to an all-wic*? and orer-ruling Providen'e. He would earn the gratitude of a class of silent sufferers, that do not get much sympathy from this cold, passing world. I mran the drunkard's wives with their half-starved children. One of the Auckland papers makes a terrible wail against wbat rai^ht take plrce in Queen street any day by the closing of all the public-bouses in it. What would become of Auckland if this terrible calamity was to happen. They might get over a large fire or the shock of an earthquake, but how they would get over this the Lord only knows. How strange that anyone should strive to \ arouse the sympathies of men in favour of a business that produces to much misery, a picture cannot be drawn biack enough to describe its realities.—l am, &c, j J. Hoen. ! July Ist, 1880. Ever since it was stated that a kiss drove an Indian girl crazy, all the girls : have been saying, " Pooh! I'd like to have it tried on me !"