CORRESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1232, 17 November 1882, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

ROADJOABDJUSTICE. ' TO THB BMTOR. Sib,—Mr Booth, when ipeaking on the question of amalgamating the East and West Counties at Carterton, on Saturday last said: " We all know how easy it is for money to drift from one part •of the diitnol to another, and how difficult it is to localise expenditure. Initarice No. i and 5 Wards of the Masterton district. Had it'not been for the energetic assertion of the fight of his Ward by Mr Buchanan and* the sense of justice and liberal riews entertained by the Warden of No, 4 Ward, the monies collected west of the Maungaraki range might have been diverted and spent on roads in which the owners of property, on the west side o, the range were not in any way inter-f ested,"

Mr John Moore appears to hold a different view of the matter, to judge from his letter in your issue of Nov. 15th. A petition was" presented ] to the Board praying for a refund of monies that had been paid over in an irregular manner to No. 5 Ward. Mr Moore says that I coincided "mo«t thorougly' 1 with the views of the petitioners. Tin's I deny. Mr FergussoH, the principal mover, showed me a petition he had drawn up, I suggested alterations,. which were only partially made. However, I consented to aigo it, bolieving that diacuasion on the eubjeot would do good, I explained theue views to the Board when the petition was presented. The Wardens who reported on the petition said that they oonsidered it would be unjust to ex- : pend the rates raised.on the/West side of Maungaraki) in .making roads : on the Ebbi side of the range, but they considered that£2o4Bbould be paid to the; credit of No. 4 Ward. I agree with them in this. If would have been better if,i from the first,-all rates and subsidies had been paid to the oreditof No. 4 Ward, (not that the Wainuibru Valley would have bad more funds at its disposal, for road-making—for in any case had the Board properly administered its funds it would have 'Bpent the money for the benefit of the ratepayers West of the range), but because it would have prevented Ibis discussion. The Chairman represented that if] it vera paid to the credit of No, 5 Ward as had been done for tome lime past no injustice would be done, and that to pay it to No. 4 Ward would complicate accounts that he had devoted muoh.time and pains to: render clear, Hence the Board decided that it Bbould be;MdJ6 N6J^>eoount..,/,'^r The eaw wfetrett tp by Mr Mobre of No. 6 Ward and Mr Meredith is rjuite another atTtir. The Board h»ld thtf Jfo,

JQ iWabfiyrasViin tereeted/in tftie Tao'etu'jwad; and ■ deoideH' tHai it sulaU sum;: towards 'its repairs. i;Mfj Meredith .Bu'coeeded in oon,|i.mojority\pf;')ie;;Wa^ i B l that if o .6 Word'was only iriterestecl in a very remote degree, so that money voted some years ago was refunded, I am happy to say J did not help to form that majority I take Mr Moore's letter to be the wail of one living in the wilderness, far away from metalled roads. I sympathise, with him-" Fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind,"—but we must'not forget to render unto Ctesar the things that are Cißsnr'a- I regret that he should think that out of 20 electors in No. 4 Ward I have only .the confidence of one. While lam Warden my voice mil always bo given for spending the rate 3 raised wa district for the benefit of thosp who pay them-more they cannot have without robbing someono else, The boundaries of Wards were .drawn out. bn ; a mapm Wellington by those who knew nothing of the wants of the district. The lines thus drawn often divide interests jn a very inconvenient manner, lam, ic, William H, BeethAm,

MR ; GRUNDY'S JUSTIFICATION, ■ TO THE IMTOR. Sir,—ln your issue of last evening is a letter written by Mr Grundy, of the Masterton School, in which be; says; " That although she has displayed marked ability in her studies, yet, as a teacher, she had failed to give that satisfaction which would have warranted her promotion," As this passage is calculated to prejudice' the advancement of my daughter 'as ia; teacher, to prevent a false impression going forth would you kindly allow me.to plate that long before''the date of 'Mr Grundy's letter he supplied my daughter with a most flattering testimonial respectin? her abilities as a teacher, and that it was through this high recommendation that she received an appointment in the Carterton School similar !o that to which, she aspired, but was provented from obtaining, in the Masterton School ■'■ How Mr Grundy should, refer-to my daughter's, abilities in damaging lerni's after the testimonials he gave her, and which' can; be produced if necessary, I am at loss to understand, Besideß, he has made ; no' concealment of the fact that he entertains a strong aversion to pupils being promoted to the rank of teachers in the school in which,they receive their education, and .that'.'this was his sole reason for not recommending my daughter, of whose merits he has had nmple proof, and recommending a candidate about whom he acknowledges he knows nothing. : •'

lam, &c, William T. Robins; Wrigley-street, Nov. 1?, 1882, , LETTER DELIVERY. TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—ls it not high time that we had a letter delivery in Masterton f It seems to me that measures should be at once adopted to compel this cheese-paring, tax screwing government to appoint a letter carrier here. The business people admit themselves to be periodically fleeced for private lettor boxes—for small privileges when they have a just ric;ht to demand free of cost large privileges, and as the time is coming round for them to shellout again, it is to be hoped they will meet and request a delivery, and failing that, give up tho boxes and pay their money to a carrier to obtain delivery to subscribers. One of the most refreshing pieces of cool imposition illustrative of the peculiar beauties of New Zealand Government is tho charge of one penny each for latters for town " delivery" when the recipients have to go and fetch them, I have, to., Subscriber.