CORRESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1883, 8 January 1885, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

■I itoe'meftijers of the? North "■Wateram^ounty'Settlew' Association' !have'hitnerto ; been -in doubt/aa sort of a man -their/; Chairman.' is,'..the; episode between him-and'MrPark,/wliicih:; was brought tolight at yesterday's :meet-j ong'of- the' Association, should enable' them to. come to a very correct conclusion,' Let me state the matter from a .common;: Bense point of view, At. ■■ the previous meeting; of-'the Association,' Mr Par,k opposed certain proposals which had been -made'by the Chairman, ■ seemingly .-to's».' great annoyance of the letter, who there'upon, ab ( qufc Him. for means to, '.revonge Himself upon one -whom he considers a dangerous qppQnent, and, ignore ;ing" tho faot that ha himself,has'aaked him ; to beqome a member, he requests him to resign, under threat that if the request is not complied with he will write to the head of the Department, of the Civil Servioe, of whioh Mr. Park is a. member. '.Of course, Mr Hawkins will deny that he was actuated by any suoh motive, but r unfortunately for him the public prefers facts to assertions, and as it is a fact that Mr Hawkins acted immediately ho found Mr Park opposed to .him, anything he nyiy say must neces- '" sarily fall very, flat, There is not a line in his letter to Mr Park that does not alloW his true motive to leak out. Mr Hawkins, for instance, asserts that lie is placed at a disadvantage with an opponent who knqws a portion of his private correspondence. Sir, I assert in reply that Mr Hawkiii's private correspondence can have nothing to do with the North Wairarapa County Settlers' Association, and if lie .lias telegraphic correspondence concerning that body, Mr Park and every other member of it is entitled to- know what it is about, Equally impotent is Mr Hawkins' explanatkmthatwhenheasked Mr Park to join tho Association he did not expect him to become an active member, for members must have equal rights or .the Association would immediately 'ceasetd exist, because no one would be found so far wanting hi self respect as to ■allow himself to occupy an inferior position. Perhaps, however, the public ought to thank Mr Hawkins for having proved what contemptible acts he is really capable of, and Mr Park may 'therefore, have done a great service to the settlers. Yours, &c, J,M.R. :