Correspondence.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3859, 12 May 1881, Page 2

Correspondence.

Theie columns are open to all oorrcspoiidoiicu of public interest, but we do not hold ourselves resnonsiblo or '.lie opinions of writers. Coi.-espondeuce must in all oasgs be authenticated by the real name and address of the writer—not necessarily for publication, butag a giiawntse ol good faith.

(To the Editor of the Evening Star.)

Sir,—ln your issue of Saturday it is stated that Mr F. A. Whitaker writes a long letter agaiust the Tuames peoplo receiving any portion of the borrowed millions (gammon Sir G. Grey). Does Mr Whitaker wanf the whole of the borrowed money spent in making roads to his and his friends large estates, that they oougut from tbe natives for a few shillings an aore? The vast country they have acquired in the Waikato, JPiako, Waitoa, Thames, Mata Mata, Fatefere, right through to the Hot Springs, Hotorua, would cari'j a million of people. Has Sir George Grey bought an aore of the public estate privately ? No; but during his short time of office he ttiouglit to gire the heavily taxed miners a (air share of the public money by making roads to open up tbe country and improving the harbor —a work of great necessity but it was stopped most unconstitutionally by that Partisan Government of his friends, that spends the most of the public money in improving their large estates. When Sir Q. Grey was in ofljpe he did a little for the Thames people, and Mr W. is very wrath at it—the sp nding of public money for the people instead of it being laid out to improve Itis large estates, aud for the benefit of tlie select few, a set of vultures misnamed the the Ministry of New Zealand. Heaven save the people from such sharks. . They are gorged to oveiflowing with the lands of the people, the timber, and the minerals ot tue country, thereby robbing the people of their just rights, and actually giving bonuses to freehold landholders in England, Foster and Grant, to c >me out and take up a portion of the 50,000 acres of land purchased by Sir G. Grey for the old colonists, Sir G. Grey acts nobly for the people, whilst they try to swallow everything.

An Old Settler Thames, May 9th, 1881.