CORRESPONDENCE.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 299, 23 October 1873, Page 7

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE INDIGNATION MEETING-.. {To.ihe, Editor.), ; SlE,— I had the privilege; of being.- | present at an indignation meeting on. iVJonday evening, and not being in the habit latterly of attending public meetj ings, t must confess that X was stntck by the proceedings ; indeed, I was afraid at one time- of iking struck by one of thosewho took part in 'the proceedings. Ifc is> quite delightful to ace a mixed communitymeet together to discuss important matters in a cool, calm, and gentlemanly spirit, free from anything savouring of" personality ; all little petty trade and' class jealousies left at home, and every-, thing simply discussed on its merits, as was decidedly not the case at the mooting.. One says spend two, another three,, another four thousand on a town hall, and one only says spend nothing at all on it. Two says to three, you are an idiot three says to four, you- are a sanguinary blockhead- j : four- says. to 5 two, you-have-no idea of progression — borrow, borrow, borrow* never? mind- ushether it is ever paid or not,, you will not have to bear the brunfc of it*. Their idea of reprodircjkm is that it isa speculation that will pay interest; but never repay the principle; it is something like what has been done by some public companies paying a dividend to- shareholders irom the capital' account.. One thing that can be said of the meeting referred to^ it was a fair, free*. - all-round fight. Even you, Mr. Editor,, did not eßcapev Ton will have to- becareful Argusfis watching you; If you, have any private . feeling- oa publicmatters^ crush them in- the bad ; you? must be simply a sort of-" hybrid betweerta writing maohine and a copying press, r or a photographer of words as they pro--■ceed from men's mouths. *What« uglypictures some of th^n*-, would make. Snooks.,