P. P.'S APOLOGY TO SUBSCRIBER TINUI LIBRARY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 299, 25 October 1879, Page 2

P. P.'S APOLOGY TO SUBSCRIBER TINUI LIBRARY.

To tht Editor of the Wairaiut'a Daily. Sir, In answer to Subscriber's letter about the Tinui Library and Paul Pry, my poor young brother Paul desire me to say that lie is truly penitent and sorrowful for having aroused the ire of this gentleman (hum!) of Tinui. But in defence of this bad conduct he says he was always taught that when people got wages for a job they ought to do something for the money. _ He says he was not surprised at the munificent £lO paid to the librarian, but only that very little seemed done for the money. If he had been very much surprised he would have put a note ot exclamation (!) at the end of the sentence an which the amount of wage was mensioned. Paul declares from this out he will never again write about any public institutions at Tinui; 0, dear no, not in the least! I tell brother Paul he must have mistaken his line of business, private scandal is his fate, together with looking out for people who go up ladders to smell the fragrance of their neighbor's haystacks, i&C, &c. 01 Subscriber! if you are not quite callous to human suffering, have pity on my poor brother; his brain is so distur bed by portions of your letter (that he can undmUiwl) Hint he is quite upset. I fear he will require a Murray's Grammar to help him to fathom all the mysteries of your letter. Paul was nearly a "gone coon" when he read about the "improb.ty" business, being a great scholar he saw the drift of it muchly. Paul having dealt in horses before he took to writing, says he never recollects in all his life having been called a " Daiwin celebrity," but cer-1

tainly when anything sludy was thought to' lie done in the horse line, there were heard niutterini/s about Ananias and Judas. Paul so wishes be was out of all this turmoil and was hack again in Jersey, sniffing at the gales from the Bay of Biscay. 0 ! how, I recollect, the wind made his hair stand on end, as if he had jus'; had a fright or galvanic shock. Paul, in conclusion, desires me to ask pardon of Subscriber if lie has hurt his feelinsjs, and trusts Subscriber will not be offended by reminding him of the French motto, " Honi suit qui ma! y peiue;" and also of another old English one, " Do not measure other people's corn by your own bushel." Paul's one solace at present is that, of course, "rules will have to be adhered to." I am, &c, Pauls brother Phillip, THE WAIRARAPA RACE COURSE. To IhMllor of the Wairarapa Daily. Silt—There is intense dissatisfaction both at Feathers!on and Greytown at the action of the stewards in condemning the Taulierenikau race course, and at their endeavoring to get an amendment bill passed quietly through the House without trying in any way to yet the assistance of the public to repair the damage to the course. Supposing tho club have no funds, men that, have been contracting all their life estimate that the course could be put right for a comparatively small sum, ami aft r the large outlay in buildings and other improvements, it is thought it should not be abandoned this way. It may not be generally known that the course was intended for a public recreation ground, and the club are receiving Lls a year rent from the present lessee, whose lease will slrrtly expire, when it would easily let from L4O to L6O per annum, which would pay the interest on L4OO to LSOO, which would enable the club or the trustees to conserve a very valuable estate to the public. It is also thought that the County Council could advantageously look after these reserves for the future benefit of the taxpayers _ I believe a public meeting will be called either in Featherstou or Greytown respecting it— lam, Ac, One who Don't Believe in.Cant. P.S.-If the club would set about the work at once, the old course could be put light in ample time for the races.