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CORRESPONDENCE.

Artor Day, Oslomaa Phillips and tho Quson. (To tub Editor,) Sir.—l understand that you liavo made some slighting romarks against, the Wttii'UTtipti Stundurd, because a copy of that paper, containing an account of our late Arbor Day at Morrison's Bush, was hud before Hor Majesty. Your romarks are quite Undeserved, as Mr Nation did hot fend the paper, The matter aroße in this way, and as it forms a ploasin" incident in our rather humdrum lives I will relate it tp your readers. Some years sinco I suggested the planting of Greytown roads with trees, and when Mr Nation asked me about an Arbor Day I cordially urged hiiii to proceed, 'ihen at the Kaitara school planting it was Mr

Ward's (the Chairman of the School Committee) idea to, first plant a Ireo , for Her Majesty and ho hoped that ; account of the proceedings would be sent to the 'Queen, When I got home I rolled up the paper and addressed it toGeneral Ponsonby, who,not knowing from wliomit came! and seeing that it was but the report of a Ijooti Work, laid, it befovo HeiMajesty and then acknowledged its repeipt to, l\t Nation himself, "tho proper person, to know that.'his good suggestion had thus been laid before the Quoen, Tp rue, sir, this appears a pleasing littlo incident. The Quoen perhaps read-JJf V/arij's few woids of loyalty with pleasure, and mayhaps thought that the planting of W little tree boro testimony to the S? f ;r;fn a nd g o°d life. I Mr. Wards es; W leshould bo , followed by soliool committees i next year, who eacb might plant'say an oak tree for the Queen, and lot the children call it the QuoenV tree 1

It is a good vfOi'ji of Mr Nation, the Arbor Day suggestion. It may prove a good work to plant a'Queen's - ti*eo. so hat hereafter— W ti^ 03 perhm-wjifn : times aro Wo troubled tliap they aro now nivd \ V e have no crown ruler, and deiii&oy and strife rules the ljyid, tho people living then may look back tb th 6 peaceful times when, these tte» planted and wish their-.return- - : »1 : hope,sir, the committees'will do tins, carry on tho wovt of Arbor Wanting, and each plant a t.ee [m memory of ft gogd (jueon and a good woniaiv l am, ic,, C'OLEJIAN PuiLLll'S. Knoll, Featherstou, 16ib| p,.

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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3688, 16 December 1890, Page 2

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CORRESPONDENCE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3688, 16 December 1890, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3688, 16 December 1890, Page 2

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