CORRESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2671, 15 August 1887, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

the overseer again up to ■ :: time. "■■■;■■ [To the Editor.] Sir,-I have read Mr Hogg's report of his speech and meeting, with fear and trembling. Fear iu case I.should be annihilated.by his wrath for writing this letter, and wonder at the assurance of the would-be. member, He states that it was a moßt orderly meeting. Qnito right in so far aa that he had a fair bearing j but wbeii his questioners got up the scene was changed, and one or two strangers were allowed to interrupt the meeting as they liked. Several old settlers iu Tinui state that thoy never saw such a meeting before. Will he tell his readers and the genoral publio what were the words used by Mi'Maunsell, and whether he had uot to stop until I had moved a vote of thanks before daring to ask a question, He states I took full advantago of the roquest to aßk him questions, reading from a boob. Sir, about half-past six I went to the Tinni store to purchase the said book, when the Manager kindly suggested, that I should take two. Thinking I might want one to jot down his fallacies—which aro numerous—another to preserve his wise sayings and learned remarks, I took' the two. The first bad. several pages of writing. The other, at the end of the meeting, retained its virgin leaves unstained. So much for the book question, He implies I took up his time. Had *he answered the few questions pufr to him a straightforward manner \ not by again giving us portions of his quibhling : at; which he is evidently a Oraud Past-master, the affair swould soon have been over. The Ma-

terton. public ■ will see from the, weil . arranged "applause, cheers, laughter r'•: ■ ' &c.,"of the meeting—at least in'vJtis lyi;?-; own paper—that it was a most satisfac- t'g j ; tory affair, and that idno instance was a hit made by a questioner/ The > manner in which tho questions nro : '. picked oyer for publication is .worthy of a master'!) hand. Not onejquestion ' •;' inserted to which he gave, well, a ' -. : peculiar and childish reply; as .wjaen : '■- 1 asked him "It his Protective, duty '• ■■:■ were to become law, with'what vtould ' '* ibesteamers mid ships-he laden:on • •'■, their return to "the Colony,'!) his'reply • " -■ was''With men and bullionA•'. In : ■- one of his roundaliout rej)li(i|lie'raenv tioned having paid I a suit of, Scotch '■ tweed, Iho could purchase as 1 good an article,* colonial manufacture, for four pounds y ton shillings. I wanted to know what ;:;;■£ was the use of a protective jjolicv, He - : ■■s talked;quite airilv of IQ3 "isnits aiif such "were. not ■from the workingman aa his broiw i cloth and masher boots. Not a wJrJ . iboufc questionsaslcedby Mr Robert-'' son with regard to price of wearing apparel and produce in. America. The way ho fenced about the 5,000 acres of.". . : bush purchased by Messrs Beetham ■m alone worth a ride through the . mud to hear. ,llis policy see'mS; a policy of bursting and rooting up everything, also a Mind following of '- tho present Ministry. I consider Mr , Ballanco's Village, Settlement scheme as mad a scheme as ovor the lu*aiii. ; 'iu- ; vented, hud the holdings been od. acres •••« <• instead of five it would have i : been •■ ■> more feasible. He states England would do nothing so suicidal as place a duty on our wool. Ho cannot be<4fe . .aware that the bulk of our wool goes to other fcountries from England and small though our imports may be, if other colonies were to put on protective • duties it would materially affect.Eng.» lish articles of manufacture and if' alio could not got'another .matk«t for hor goods tho loss iiuod she would have for the raw material. Can you inform your readers who were in power when the distilleries were closed? and ;wKp stopped the manufacturer of corrugW ■•'... iron 1 and why f Although accordingly the Star the striking process was a :greafc success, I am afraid tho hand was hot a master hand and the pupil has -again broken out. I am still quite prepared to meet Mr Hogg at an v. ranting, aud hope to have the chance beforo the election. I am, (fee.. A. Waikeu.