CORRESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4420, 16 May 1893, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

The Star Hotel it Poiuimll in Reply, [xo THE' EDITOII.] Sin,r-Mr Dukes' letter is weak in the extrenio, and carefully, avoid? the point;, at issue,. The rev. ctentlcman holds the Star Hotel up as a ddn ol ;i.n.iqin ty:-i n ,:t ho;«'y e'a; pf )i iiase) f {and the. rest of the godly and righteous: ones, and : liases his allegations on.' the fact of iliiriy ndd informations having .11 e R.n 111 |j 1 ;nga ins t. :t.l] o i (cehsp i cb ; this a if-appointi'd judge.s.iys: most, if not all, tkould ■ luai . obhintd a conviction. I' distinctly challenged iliis. brave accuser to name; a' liivjlt charge in which the licensee should haye been, convicted, and to take, the xonsequeiicos; ■ Did he, in his reply, nnine a single chnrgo ? Look at his letter and you will 523 that this doughty champion of temperance has not.tho courage to back up hi 3 own rn'sli aesertions, and bus added the. imputation of moral cowardice to the feeling of disapproval that his extreme and bitter letters havo caused, The rev. gentleman, .no- doubt, intends well enough; but he must distinctly reply to the -challenge thrown out, or the public, despito his good intentions, will form a curious opinion .of his behaviour, -I am, etc., .' U. A. Pownali. i Where is the Pump Handle ? [To liiE Editor Waibarapa I)aii,y ■■' Times',] v v '-'-'l : ''

.. Sir, —I notice iii the balance sheet, of the Mnsterton Trust Lands a grant of twenty pounds for a drinking fountain. Now for übou' a fortnight after the fountain Was op«ncd, with the help of a friend, I could jnst manage to .get a drink,, but since then the pump handle has been lost. Now the Trust being a.lan>e subscriber to this fountain I would ask life Chairman as a favour to.us waii.t drinkers, if:ho would kindly enquire of Mr Wocd> rcoffe what has become of that pump handle;!—l am, Ac.,' • One Who Like,u Drink,