CORRESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1046, 12 April 1882, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

To ifp Ennpß. Sin,—poncerning aij article, jn ypyp paper of the Qthiost., noticing a lpttpj! advocating the division of the Borough into Wards, may I trouble you for some explanation. The condition of ShorMt., is assumed by you to be the cause di! the letter, and becausp the writer appears to be jntp'-ested in that |streot you would disregard his arguments; but is not'thftt street the principal one to a railway station ? And has not a majoiity of ratepayers in a large section of the Borough, in themost unmistakable manner, proved their interest in this street by voluntarily taxing themselves 'in addition to" their ordinary rate, in order that it might bo opened up sooner than appeared probable under the Borough' Council, as then constituted? And is there any reason -Tvhy in this instance you should consider the effects on an individual rather than ou the general public 1 How is the division ofthe Borough, into Wards to have the effect in Masterton of bursting up : the Borough as you oxpreaa it? "Do we; not sometimes hear of Wards in London, in Wellington, and in most towns? When may we expect the bursting up effect to become apparent in these or any other cases ? Does not your objectionto to the letter, on account of its not containing statistics bearing on the eubieot under discussion, rather support one of. his arguments for division, viz,, that that would at once supply, in the ward wj counts, the very statistics requited? arguments in the letter were baaed upo^^ two pleas brought forward, byithe opponents, and their refutation depended on acknowledged principles, and were com' ; ' plete without the statistics you were so disappointed at not finding. Does not the points you have introduced,in this . discussion rather apeak in favor than against your opponents 1 The reproof of Balak to Balaam appears appropriate to ' your ease-" What hast thou done unto me? I took;thee to curse mine enemies, and behold, thou haßt blessed them altogether." Since the inexorable logic of facts has led to this reßultj may we look forward soon to your public conversion to the right side of the question I ; :v; ;• j lam, &c., j Bkquibee. puni, 10th Aprils .