CORRESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1094, 8 June 1882, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

', « .— ■-"T~ '. CLAEEVILLE POST OFFICE. | To the Editor, Sir.—There has been a. little disturbance at Clareville about the Post office. Mr H. F. Smith received notice from Mr Butts to deliver up the Office to Mr Frank Feist. Mr Smith not inclined to do so caused the people of Clareville to call a public meeting 'over the affair, The meeting was held on Tuesday, June 6th .in the schoolroom at 'Jlareville, The

majority of the meeting thought Mr Smith 'va fit and proper pereon to remain in the , Office, but I think that Mr Feist's store is I a more fit and proper place for the Post Office, as I consider, myself, that Mr Smith's is not fit for a Post Office, and .1 consider that the majority of the ClareTille settlers are deficient of a little real good sense to fight bo hard for the Post Office to remain where it is and I think it would be quite right to remove the Office as soon as possible.

I am 4c, Dissatisfied,

HALF-CHAIN STREETS.' • TO THE EDITOR, . Sir,—l fully endorse the statements of your leading article of yesterday as to the widening of half-chain streets. I believe a small loan spent'now would be one ,of the wisest things that could he done for the good of the public generally. We will go forward ten or twenty years .and see the vast number of houses built on half-chain streets, and Bhould a firebreak 1 out some windy night, a number of lives, might be lost and-then would come the ■evil and complaints arising from parents, widows, ■ and orphans, saying why did not the Corporation see to this when .the Borough' was in. its infancy.?

The opportunity is now. Every year makes.the.landmore valuable I know a! loan has been suggested by different people, but the- thing has been cried down just by a few Belßsli ratepayers. In all parts of the world now, this thing is being done for the safety of the publio in future, but it Beemß as though we were asleep fiver thiß thing until aomo firo comes and wakes us up, mid as soon as the fire is over we go to. sleep over it again, We do not take theso fires as a warning to us, but I hope wo shall in the future, and that you will bring it again before Ibe publio. lam&c, Ratepayer. pt gives'us groat pleasure to publish the above letter as it is written by "a working man" and confirms an opinion that we have always entertained that maty of our Working Settlers are in I favor of wise and liberal measures.— Ed. Congress of •Jftonch schoolboys has. just been held. Twenty delegates from the various Lvoees in France have met together, and have up a programme of reform, which thev intend lo submit to llio authorities. This catalogue includes tho substitution of two inodorn lanuuages for Greek and Latin, better food, a reduction of the power of the concierges, who now have the privilege of selling them sweotmeals.at an extravagant price, and a limitation of tho power of the ushers, as well as an annesty of somo lads latley expolled at Toulouse and Montpollier. Their request is to be forwarded (o the Minister of Public Instruction, and another meeting will be held in August to consider his rebly, It is truly a melancholy thing, remarks the Rangitikei Adv< oa'e, to behold tho champious of the people going over one after another to the camp of the enemy—the ruthloss and remorseless land speculators. Thero used to be a chosen band of " Liberals" who made the working men believe that they would fight valiantly and faithfully to tho end—they would see Jbat the doctrine" the land for the people and the people for'the land' 1 should be carried out to its fullest oxtent, and woe to the land speculators! It was pleasant to see this band of Bturdy patriots battling bravely in the noble cause. But alas for human instability I Eirst, Balance and Stout became land speculators, then followed Sheeban and. Bees, Yet the working men had still one fervid champion left. Amongst the faithless, Do Lautour remained faithful. But, sad to record, even he had doserled at last, We have received a circular anent " Tho New Zealand Native Land Settlement Company," which has a capital of naif a million sterling, and, strango torjlate, Mr C. A. DeLaitlor's name is signed to this circular as secretary, Our London telegrams stated lust ni«ht that £75,000 worth of this company's shares bad been sold at par, Evidently Hr DeLautor's company is going in for land speculation on a big Bcale,