ANONYMOUS CORRESPONDENCE.

Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 239, 25 January 1898, Page 2

ANONYMOUS CORRESPONDENCE.

TO THE HDITOn. Sir,—ln a copy of the Argus of the 20th inst., I have noticed a rambling statement which purports to be an account of the Te Kowhai School matters, but which is a covert and surrilous attack on myself and two of the most respectable and independent settlers in New Zealand. Some months ago Mr Patrick Corboy said to me, " I am afraid no inspector will ever recommend the school to be removed to Bycroft's site; who would put a school on the verge of a swamp? Some of the "childer" might get drowned. Now, there is a grand site on Edgccumbe's laud ; you ought to ask him if lie will give two acns as a school site." I did speak to Mr George Edgecumbe on the subject, nnd in a most offhanded manner, without the slightest hesitation, he acceded to Mr Patrick Corboy's request. When the inspector appeared on the scene, as a man of experience, he at once selected the site on Mr Edgccumbe's property. I never withheld from the committee any information I received from tho Education Board. I did not support the motion or amendment, as I considered the site on Mr Edgecumbe'a property the proper place for the school; this site is high and dry, about three hundred yards from the creamery and the Whatawhnta road. The only person who changed his mind was Mr P. Corboy. In the rambling report it is made to appear that Mr Corboy said to me, " Are yon not ashamed of your inconsistency? I pity you, etc." Mr Corboy did not make use of any such ignorant remarks. Talk of bleakness ! Some of the " mausions " ol the settlers are in far more bleak and exposed positions. This individual seems a bit confused. He wishes to have the school erected on the county road, but the Couuty Council might slightly object. In imagination he travels to the Raglan mountains amongst pigeons and lizards, but it looks as if there was a bee in his bonnet. The Te Kowhai sdliool boundary only extends as far as the river, and does not go within miles of the Raglan mountains. But where is the good of replying to the absurd and unfounded statements of a person who appears ashamed of his name, if he has any.—l am, etc., J. H. Kelly. The Hills, Ngaruawahia, January 22nd,1898.