A CORRECTION.

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 183, 10 August 1871, Page 5

A CORRECTION.

,\ j . s ('Mo the Editor. j[ j •• ;". > , iSiß.—rl hjiv,^ biaii thinkinfgi for a week past that your corresp<nident^ for *j;his place must be an extraordinary clever fello;*. , I and a great many more dojuU knoar "from what.'smirce lie gathers liis information, 'but whoeveFhe is ha'oxight to ba curbed for some very--' foqUsh statement be has made. 1;- Be j days* thnt £120 had be^n raUod for widow liuntine*.

I wish to contradict him in that statement,' as I hear from very good authority that '£&) or £90 is the very utmost. I have no doubt the Hat will lie published by-and-bye. 2. That the storekeeper; wanted to stick to the money, which h false. I have heard ako from good authority thit instead of d >ing so they were willing to subscribe thur mite to the finds and cry quits with the o d debts. I would reom.nend your corres londdiit to gather real facts fro. 11 tho^e wh > know a little about the funds raised — say the treasurer, or any onf of the committee. It is the like of him who ksep people from su')scribiiii( to funds of the sort. I also ivish to know wh<« lsoui- Librarian ol' the Library Commit-e.', »& I kn<>w of certain books lying knocking about in houses for six month*. Also as to" the msm'ieß of the Pro^ress Comra tree ; if they do not turn up soon we will have to jjet 0 hera appointed. We had a Library Committee, Pr »«rjss Committee, a. id Cinietory (Jcnmittee, and it appears t.iey are ail defunct. It is a general rule in this place to appoint yonug men into committees who have no standing in the placj — men who mi^ht be here to-day and away to-morrow. However, I would like our Librarian to give an account of his stewardship for the time he haa been in office, or give it up to some more fitting person. — 1 am, &c, Truth. Tapanui, August 6, 1871.