CORRESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1306, 17 February 1883, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

DUTIES OF SECRETARIES.''[ I

TO TOE EDITOR,

Sjr,-t-1 kve just noticed a subleader in the standard, in which it points out the desirability of secretaries of societies in Greytown letting editors or reporters or some other rW ;\* tionary know when meetings were ; --Ji'. held. This would, no doubt, be a vcryj Jj good thing if the secretaries of societies \UL had- nothing else to do than to reporters posted as ,to .when meetings ' ' were to be held, '..'l have no doubt but ■'* the secretaries complained of would be. . found quite willing to furnish such information were they asked for, it, but it surely cannot be,expected-, that- , unfortunate secretaries must trot round' ; after.reporters to let them'.kiiow "what ' r v f : itis'their business to.find but.' 4 ',/!"'v,-::'flf" Now sir, as to lis.*! case 'iiicpoinfc/'. :->--.-'r which the editor quotes, viz, the volro> teer meeting -at Greytown., '-.'' I 1':: will admit in tliej^pl^'iiat'had' the matter received more "publicity it might • have been a muob, better meeting. But ; . why haT'it not greater:; -publicity i\ ' • : Simply hecause therptqprietorg; of/ton v ■ -,- . Standard would'nbtjn^.a.^Ja^l,!'.i./L.. arfwWwfflw^i : alth6ugh;aa|edto do m : 'by.a person ment. ■■'■■■■■-'■■■■'■■. ..- •

I ;In the f^ case in,point", there.wM '* no sooietj ,he getting at,!'; ; ] . ■-, ->■'/, ~,,. ■' - •'<-'-• lam ib; lii /J lA. VoiiUNTEEB.