YOUR OWN CORRESPONDENT IN REPLY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1690, 20 May 1884, Page 2

YOUR OWN CORRESPONDENT IN REPLY.

To the Editor,

Sir,—ln reply to Mr Moore, I may state that I saw in the Daily, I' believe, a report of the County meeting for the month of January, in which appeared—" Forty-Mile Bush road: Maintainanco men, £3B; engineering, £ii. 10s." I spoke to a gentletr.au who should know something'about it, and he told me that was,oiily Mr King's salary and travelling expenses, that there were several more in!'the'' office who camein for ajshate of the' subsidy, -My own opinion is, that if there were a few more workers and not so many drones that valuable piece of public property, would be in fir better order than it.is now, especially in the matter of bridges. I know pae that has a notice on now, that was put tip some years ago, warning travellers that the bridge, was' unsafe. 1. don't know whether it (the bridge) has im-; proved with age—it certainly has iot in appearance. .■'.,.[ No, sir, I was not drunk, as jou

charitably suppose—only .gone a little in the'upper storey trying to'discover, through the published balance-sheet;of .County East,, how it is that you raafe: oiit that .the-County:' stuff'only, .colt £251 per yearj when yours .and the; Engineer) come tp;£7so,; besides'Yia; bevj of |ssistab.ts : ahd overseers,';whicli:', bilngs'tlie total up-to £2OOO, '"'..' >:; However, I am glad to say thatl have j'usfc : enough strength of mind left to giv.e up' the puzzle that was underr mining my reason,,and am in hopes that as the County draws to an end, so will my system recover .from the shock.

No, I thank you, I don't care about anything to drink ; but I wouldn't mind shouting for the key to the trick that is played upon us poor rate payers. , s ; Yours, truly, \ < Paiiiatu'a. -