CORRESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VI, Issue 1862, 11 December 1884, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

(To the Editor) Sir,—l am grieved at being compelled to write this, it : being moat uncongenial to my feelings. A. party here wired to Major Pollard r$ Captain Francis. An important part of the reply to this was hpl lack, the result being, a seeming contradiction of my statement in a previous day's issue and a wrong impression conveyed. One of the parties to the sending of the .telegram Ip confessed to this to the writer. Whatever maybe written or said' will not woke a reply, this being my final notice of the matter. • Yours, &c., Johx Quw

(To the Editor.) SiH.-i-In your leading article of yesterday you thought proper to condemn the working of the North Wairarapa Bd&evblent Society and to make several statements ;#hich, to say the them, Sfd calculated to'mislead the public..: I. plight • indeed with justice tiso of ft stronger term, however, let'# review the article as it. appears,Hl. Ms intended sede by k sjrsttmatic and ftMligent relief the spasmodic and..impulsive charattea hafl-praviously existed." This I contend, it certajnly.has done, in proof of wliich, I may state; that it is nearly two and ah&lfyears'ago'since a subscription .'list has been takenL round Masterton for the relief of any# person \vho baa applied.. tothe society for.assistajjbe;', Regarding thejnpport frMilflpiblio I can only say above mentioned it has not .found it hecessary. to " appeal to. the-public, sufficient funds having been forthcoming without doing §O. WHat grounds you have for-the statement .that the society:'has shifted-from-position I fail to see, as you cannot point out a single instance . during. the •la'Bt. two years, jwhexx. a r list has the Wwivtfce proceeds of which haye: been handed to the society and' then supplemented by the Government;; ; of course we, are all awam gives pound for pound On all contributions, <md it lias onlyjbeen by .-a-careful and intelligent use of the funds "so prok) been'able tji •reltV.ve so' maily "da'ses' without appealing to -the-pub}w, Tout next state-ment,that.'-'the Society then-hands • '((Ver a lump sum to the benefited, ..without- exercising trol over its expenditure or without apportioning the amount to the require.raenta of ttie-caso," 1 can only 'call by ! its" right name," a direct falsehood." I ohallenge you to point out a .single case in which such a course of procedure has been.adopted,and I.only.need call ;tiie 'attention; of the-public •to • the gentlemen, and ladies who .are-inem-bera of- the Committee! and .take an intelligent interest; in the working of the Society, and ask if they are persons likely to allow the funds at their ■ posal to be so unfairly and indiscriminately squandered.; If .the friends of persons in distress otjooso to collect subscriptions for a certain object and the amount is handed' to the Society for : disbui'sment, it-is boendfo apply the. amount subscribed in aid of the person for .whom, it was iutended.. Not necessarily, however, by handipia 'checjue ior a " lump sim)"' to thflhtressed person 1$- by ajudioiouraoenditure of it and supplementing it if necessary out of the funds at its disposal .But your statement that thoße who have not friends to get up a subscription get little or nothing;is totally without foundation, and aldy.,.person wishing to satisty themsolvea of faot can easily do .so by applying to me,' \. as the books of thd-Society are open to the inspection of anyone wishing tojee . them. lam sorry for troubling yoifto such a length, but as I consider your /'article-damaging to. the Society, and calculated to , weaken instead of strengthening its hands, I; shall fijel obliged if you will insert the above in to-day's issue,

Thob, (J. D'ARCY, . Secretary North Wairarapa Benevolent Society. | The Benevolent Sooioty does not publish a balance sheet, does not appeal to the public, for subscriptions, and ■is carried on no.ojie knows exaally ; how, when, or wliere. WeshaMti happy to inspect the books if Mr D'Arcy will giye us an opportunity of ■ doing so, We will then have something more to say about - the Society.-rED. W,D,]