CORRESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1415, 27 June 1883, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

V[to THE ; EDITOR WAIIURAPA.DAILY,): "iHfc^! \ yP ur re P ort °f the Pastel SHPjeeting held' last'evening, it is^P ie /iliat the proposal to have the of the. Bth, was earned by «ah overwhelniirig majority." I mite to say thatsiichastatement is not'true.. ■ Tlio actujjl. numbers were:—For-the Ist November, seven votes; 'against, it,five—so that tido constitutes fanyver?, whirring Majority.'' ' "'.'' ."™*X ,'. fourteen members ..'present, .twelve:-voted, one refused;'and : the .other-'was not a committee-man,"; Had the latter, been one of the committee,', the' numbers would stand:-. Seven against six, or.'a majority of oneThatportion of the report referring to "myself is also open. tp but as any remarks thereon means' reopening the whole question, Pam content, with' calling ' attention' to ■the before-mentioned, ma- • jority;" ''' '"'" ''' ," "* Yours, eta,"" ..-'■ ;; /BALPjiE.'ARMSTRONdi' %terton;'26th Jiine/1883,'' "' . . JKETAHUNMINUI-MAIN : . ,-vS »v- ■■«■■■;■■""•/ ■>■' ..;'-, 7.V To the Editor.' 'f x,J ' ::: ■ SiR,-7:Xn, y<Jur issue of the 18tn I notice a" letter from Mr • metiting on some remarks made''by me at's meeting' lately held in Masfcerfconi The remarks in cjueatioii' arnoifiited to my aaying i :, " : That': route -yia. '• Tifeumea w'as'th'e, best .tliatfCguld' be got:"'. What, constitutes the orroad'lirief'The"one wh'icnbenefits' and ppetLß 'pst'jiow'"country,: or>Tlie : quality.ofednntry'opeiie'd'ought'dlsb'to be- consideration, :: . :i " 'Mr^Wlhga'tp's xema^;;a.bpufc;;k : Wying bf'j'l;^ .takirig'the'Caltie Mi route dimply. anassertipnS .'fliiave yet to learn that the shortest line of .road"' is alwara the : best: fo 'ssiMsCfe . . roads made tho^crow: [V,-'; appeare^biijth^ ■ ' I p!l^qn' that bther^Mingsjbeing.equally ifawM able, ,t|ie sh'orteSt;.:rqute<;bught'ttdib* . adopted, :bWsrice. Gate '^•HiU ; »r6ute^

marking "that the route adopted via Tiraumea wnsthe best that could be got.'!'.. : ~^v;;.:':.: ; .v.:.

The liberty 1 tako to myself I will-" ingly grant to; otlidra. Mr Wingate has his opinions; andj'l have mine. The Engineer to the Masterfon .Road Board hasbeeii so/much and:sous? fully, employed, that icould not; see way to apply for his services.to iriate'oven a "flying, survey" of'the Castle Hill route. . I would advise MrJ Wingate to apply to tho East Wai*' rapaiConnty Council to do the work 5 : I '' y ; ' ; '■■ , :l lam>&c„ '•/" ; . i D. Campbell Macqumhe.

: The United Stales census of 1880 shbws, tn'at there were 440,262 people of Bciiid'i-' naviaii birth iii the country in June.of tliat-yoar, of ' whom. 181,716 were 'from Norway, 104,897 from Sweden, and C.4,196 fromDoumark. '„ '[■ ■■ :,.;