That Eketahuna Meeting.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3677, 2 December 1890, Page 2

That Eketahuna Meeting.

(To the Editor,) i Slit,—Mr Alexander ' seems to be greatly troubled because his shuffling policy as chairman did • not succeed. The letter that appeared 1 in the Daily or the 27th signed ' "elector," given a plain straight- • ■ forward statement of what took ! place at the meeting. Mr Alex, ' Andorson lias beon for a number of ' years chairman of committees, That > being so, will he answer the following ' question: When an amendment is 1 moved to a motion, is it not the amendment that is put first ? lain ; "Ware that Mr A. Anderson 1 did not mean to put the amendment, 1 but he was compolltd to do so by the voico of thq meeting. From where I 1 was standing I had a clear view of tlio house, and so could form a correct opinion of what wai done. "Aljow mS I to giro tlio hamee of : i|te noli'le (lirde w)io'" vbtetj flg^st'4Hb' :ii amendmljiit. Here tjioV afeilr H'A'ulin, Mr A Wright, and,'hist but not least,' Mr W Mutdoch," tbe truthful j)m}' gentlemanly correspondent of the Wimrapa Shir, alius the E, and P, Mail, Your correspondent gives the number as 100. That, lam sure, is a fjur estimate of the number present. The Stttf fifst of all gives tho number * a 5.250, When that wan contradicted the number was then given as 200, : Now in desperation the number is , givon as 800, Ekofaliuna was looked on by the '! rooters" as quite a nest ■ What a mirpriae haa Itjet Jf Mr'mgg'iialiiiit would, I : beliey , e, l hiivb got thofarge'af support, (i(it ho', has Jjeen N 'seen and heard,' tad in' cdmgaring {lie' two |ffisfound 'Even hja cliief'" B)§pijrW|^s|s. ashamed to that they are on bis oommittee,-I am, &0., One who is not. carried away by Claptrap, ...