MR SUTTON.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1728, 5 July 1884, Page 2

MR SUTTON.

To the Editor Wairarapa Daily. Tir.—ln your contemporary's issue of yesterday I notice a letter from Mr W, A, P. button in which hooharges Mr Buchanan and myself with üßing our positions as representatives for the Wairarapa District for the purpose of conserving the interests of a few stock owners in Wairarapa to the detriment of the district and also that we have " hounded" him out of his office of sheep inspector, To both of these charges I give as far as I am concerned a most unqualified denial. As a representative of the district it is my duty to hear all the complaints that may be made and to bring them before the proper authorities. This I did and no more, and I would again do tho same thing were my own brother Sheep Inspector. Although pressed to take action until the list on the state of his sheep distriot was issued, I refused to take any action, expressing my opinion that Mr Sutton should have a lair trial, After the issue of tho sheep return, finding that the list of infected runs wa3 on the inoreaso, Mr Buchanan and I considered that it was our duty to brine the case under the notice of the Chief Inspector. This was done, and the Inspector at our instigation was asked .to visit the district and report, Tno result was that the Department determined that a change was necessary, aud Mr Sutton was offered a similar position at Nelson no distinct charge being made against him, From my own knowledge of tho public business, whether in connection with Government, Banks, Insurauce companies, or any other public institutions, in cases when the removal of officials is determined upon, it is not usual to state reasons, but in cases of dismissal, an enquiry is never refused. Mr Sutton • dismissed himself, and most unjustly seeks to make political capital by charging Mr Buchanan and myself of conduct that would be highly improper in public men. Mr Smton charges Mr Buchanan and myself with getting him removed from his position ot scab inspector in the Wairarapa district that we and other interested parties might so obtain a monopoly of the Wellington markot, I nay here state a fact which can be proved, that both Mr Buchanan and my brothers have shipped the greater portion of the sheep they have parted with during the last twelve months, •to England, That in both cases they have purchased more sheep than they have sold in the Wellington market. That my brothers especially have sold only some three thousand sheep in the Wellington market, whereas they havo purchased upwards of twelve thousand, so that if the price of pheep in this distriot has been raised of late through sheep having been excluded from the market owing to tho rigid administration of the Scab Act, none have been greater losers from that cause than my brothers, Mr Buchanans case is, I believe, the same as my brothers, I am well awaro that the Scab Act is far from a perfect measure, and whin it was before Parliament, assisted by Mr Waterhouso in the Council, I endeavored to prevent th> injustice that may readily be caused by the proclaining of a whole run as scabby when perhaps only one comer is affected. I intend again to endeavor to get the Act alterod in this direction.

I am, d'e, Georoeßeei'ham,

P.S,—Sinoo writing'the abovo I hare had an opportunity of meeting Mr Sutton bofore tno public, when he stated lus case. It is difficult to know whether in a rather turbulent [meeting my remarks on the question were beard or not, therefore I again let Mr Sutton know that if returned I will gladly present a petition from him and obtain-him a fair hearing, though I must here again remind Mr Sutton tint he was never dismissed by the authorities— he dismissed himself,—G, B.