Correspondence. 'Correspondents' opinions are not necessarily ours. THE BOROUGH SURFACE MAN.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 144, 12 May 1900, Page 2

Correspondence. 'Correspondents' opinions are not necessarily ours. THE BOROUGH SURFACE MAN.

-'SDO TSE EDITOR, \i STr,— Jaa recent issaa ©f yotir I journal fefatore appeared an warranted attack on the Boroag'liP surface aaat>. The 'paragraph llf take exception to 'appeared ia| " Passing Notes," 'wherein "thei! wnxer 'poiur«tUy complains thatjl " Sandy " neglects to do his work/3 Whoever the writer may be thatl spent a whole week ferriting out! " Sandy's " slrorccomingis, -might,'! had he made ifiquiry, have found | oat from ratepayers who h<tvij|| had the opportanity of watubin^ •*tSand.y" during the last teu'J years, that he is, and always haSJ been, a mo3t faithftrl servant o£"M the -council-. $& matter how batli the weather may be he is notedj to be at all times just ■wherdy he is wanted. With regard to tbef writer of " Passing Notes S «ayin^ that the surface man spends h&j time talking, L think it wouW| have been better if he had laiaj his complain t|befope the propeo authorities. — itaai, etc., ;;|

IA. LOOKER-QS, "M [We have deleted, several pariM of oar correspondent's letter tbajli hay* no bearing on the sabjecii in question.—Ed. W.A.} '^1

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