CORRESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1851, 28 November 1884, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

'■ :•■;; i'i<ii»..,.'„'iir, ■_, ■ ~v .-v.'.. :■:■■::■:■:■. ■( To THE: JdITObV ''' ■'■"*' :..,. SiR,.-rWhy is 'Mr. 'Hawkins pfo- ) losing;?- .peiw People's Park' Tor Master, ton!... Is, ifc. because., he does not like \ thepeople'B Park we already possess in the Telegraph Department and 'wantß to wipe him.out 1' . jf I-am &o;, :..:■ , , One of THKvpEonE, (To the Editor},' V Sm. r-Permit me. to cbngrattilate yoii onyonr account of the late flower show —your reporter must be a 'man of trnuscendant genius, and the breadth, and' depth of his horticultural know; ledge is simply awe-inspiring. There is one point only on which his knowledge can be increased, and that is,, the reason why many local flower-growers refuseto exhibit at the Society's shows. The reason Mr Reporter is that local growers have lost. all confidence in the Society's bona fides, and believe they .do not get fair play, either from the committee or the judges,", and the following incident of the late show will prove that there, is something in this contention. One of the judges brought a plant with him,- it was entered in the name of another person, and next day the upright judge awarded 'first prize to his own plant over better local exhibits. This is by no means tbe only .instance I could adduce of similar practices, therefore cease, Mr Reporter to wonder why local growers refuse to submit their plants to tbe tender mercies of the Society. Although some members, of the Committee know of the above mentioned little incident no steps have been taken to alter it, that is to say the Committee will condone the.action of this Judge, and therefore become responsible for it. Can there be any wonder then that a Society which actually encourages such practices has lost public confidence. I am, eta,- -•'■"■" Faib Put. '