CORRESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1749, 31 July 1884, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

~THE OLD, OLD STOKY. 7( te To the Editor, 5| Sir,—ln the Daily of the 18th *" list,, I saw a letter signed "Ti Nui." c ;ol It would be well if •' Ti Nui" were to °i ixercise a little more care in the state- £' nents he makes, and not allow his re- ~ entment against one man to lead him 4 nto making reckless assertions that nay prove injurious to those who ti lever injured him, jOn the Ist. De- ti iember; :,1879, I warded- Government P ihatithere would be a serious outbreak. °' )f scab north of the Whareama river if . ;hey did not aot on certain suggestions q [ made about clearing Government g bush of wild sheep. The Government declined to do anything, they thought s I over-estimated the danger. The result } was, " scab broko out" on the follow- " ing runs:—John Wingate (W. W. . Taylor's), 20th April, 1880; J, V. ■„ Rmith (now Annedale), 20th April, B 1880 ;J. V. Smith (now W. W. John- t ston's), Mataikuna, 24th April, 1880; 3 J. G. Oox, Mataikuna, 26th April, ] 1880 j Jaa. Armstrong, Aohonga, 30th ' April, 1880 j.Jas, Armstrong, Akiteo, ' 'BthJunej'WbO. MrF,Taylor(Manawa) 8 got a clean certificate in July, 1880, a and signed the declaration Schedule B. < Mr Sutton took charge of North Wai- I rarapa from me on the 30th March, ' 1881. -On 9th October, 1881,1 was ' passing through Mr Taylor's run when j I noticed sbeep.' I saw the , head shepherd and told; him, He said 1 thqyr.hafdn6ticed*it.and would report 1 to Mr Sutton by mail, It was some time in 1882 when they began to shoot ' down stragglers on Mr Taylor's run. After they had cleared all the sheep, they could get out of the paddock opposite ray own" farm," more than a year after Mr Sutton had taken charge of the district. ,As to the seven runs that "Ti Nui" says were gazetted scabby directly : after Mr Sutton was appointed, Telford's was on March 4th, ■IBB2, just a year after. Mr Sutton's appointment; Cameron shortly after Telford; Williams, Miller, and Cross a considerable time after Cameron, and Langdon's on 23rd November, 1882, nearly one year and eight months after Mr Sutfcoh. took charge. Mr Druminond did; nothing without written instructions from... Mr Sutton. He (Sutton) attended ;Mr Taylor's, J. V. Smith's (Annedale), Castlepoint, Mataikuna, Aohonga, and Akiteo runs himself. "TiNui's" remarks'would lead people to believe that when I -gaye up charge to Inspector Sutton I had been guilty of gross neglect and mismanagement, It is to be hoped that "Ti Nui" will be more carefnl in future when he rushes into print, I respect him as a steady, industrious settler, and I hope he will be " man enough" to acknowledge his mistake after seeing these dates. The wild sheep in the Annedale bush and adjoining Government bush -Have been a standing danger to sheep ; owners in the Whareama for years, and to the Manawa run (W. W. Taylor's) in particular, and will continue to bo ho until the extensive improvements contemplated by Messrs Williams and Beetham are completed, I am, 4c., Thos. W. Telford. TO THE EDITOR, Sir,—ln your issue of yesterday you publish a leader headed " Working Men's Candidates," and to begin with you say that working men's candidates have fared badly during the late election. .So far as Wairarapa North is concerned I agree with you, but it was not the fault of the working men. Possibly you could inform your readers how it happened that the working men's candidate was rejected here, in spite of the large majority of independant electors declaring in bis favor. If Wairarapa North is a sample case of all the other electorates of New Zealand who set up working men's, candidates no wonder they, were defeated, Sir Julius Vogel's majority is no criterion of the defeat, of working men's . candidates, because at the present '. moment he is probably about the '" most popular man with- the working classes there is in New Zealand. I for one should not like to see " King Mob" ruling in New Zealand, but I. should like to see fairness and straightforwardness shown to any candidate; and I should like to see tho Corrupt Practices Act so amended that a poor • man could be placed on a par with his 1 more wealthy neighbor, Until a ' working man's candidate is in a position to command wealth and influen--1 tial friends and relations his chances of success are generally very remote, i and ilikely to remain so unless the ! middle class and working men band 1 themselves together to oppose wealth I and influence in so far as the.represeni tation of the country is concerned. 1 I am, &c, Job Vile. 1 [ln the late contest Mr Beetham's reputed wealth and influential con neotions were a disadvantage to him Thoy created a feeling of sympathy for his opponent, Other things equal a poor candidate has a better chance thun a rich one. Our main argument I against working men's candidates was 1 that they had been failures in the last Parliament.—Ed, W.D.]