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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 891, 5 October 1881, Page 2

[To the Editor of the Waiiuiupa Daily.] Sin,—A correspondent (T. P. Girdwood) Ims addressed you on the subject of the discussion that took place at the last meeting of the Borough Council respecting an objectionable letter he had sent to that body, accompanied by a threatening misle in the shape of a large boulder. In bis letter to you the following remarks occur. He says-" It seems to me that some of the Councillors, iustoad of questioning or trying to refute my • assertions, have descended to vile language and insinuations unbecoming men placed in these responsible positions by the ratepayers of the Borough." And' again he says—"Cr Dixon must have using his own bushel to measure my corn when he said the stone must have been placed on the path for the purpose of creating a discussion," and " there are doubtless such mean cusses in existence." An attack of this nature cannot be passed over in silence. The roport of the Council's proceedings shows that the comments on Girdwood's letter ■ and " specimen" were exceedingly temperate, and there certainly was not any vile language or insinuations used. The only insinuations I know of were contained in his letter, which was an unwarrantable attack on a fellow contractor) as well as on the Works Committee, and was exceedingly bad taste coming from a disappointed tenderer for the work in question. In seconding the motion, to return Mr Girdwood's letter, I said that I thought the stone had been placed on the path for the purpose of creating a discussion.and it ib quite clear to anyone possessing a grain of common sense that such a boulder as the specimen produced could not lmvo been, with plenty of others, on the surface of the footpath, as the Works Committee would not have passed the work until such boulders were eithor broken or removed. These large stones_ were never spread on the path any more than the pile of stones collected in front -\ of Mr Girdwood's residence in Hopestreet the other day, where probably the youngsters had deposited some more \ specimens for our special geologist Mr Girdwood's reference to " mean cusses" ' must' have been produced by thinking of the action he himself was taking in the matter. Any further communication on this matter I shall treat with contempt. Apologising for encroaching so largely on your valuable space, I am, &c, Geo, Dixon. i