THE SAVAGE CASE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4901, 13 December 1894, Page 2

THE SAVAGE CASE.

(To Tire Editor W.D. Times,)

Sir,—Your comments on my c&so which appeared in yoiu- last issue are slightly inaccurate. The facta are these. After repeated' applications and consequent delays, I was mitten to by Constable Nestor, of Ekptahuna, to proceed th™ toqo to work on the Railway. I <jM.'dingly obeyed his instructions. jS&iirriving in Ekctaliuna I went to Mr G. L, Uook, Resident Engineer, and lie ; told me to proceed to Pahiatua, and ' see Mr-Webster, Inspector of Bait way works. . After arriving hi Pahi* atua I was informed by Mr Webster that, a vacancy existed- on the " line uearMakakahi.'iWhen l interviewed tho: gang ' on portion of'tho Railway./Wtu'ke, ' they strongly refused to accopt any other: man,, giving us one of their reasons that tlieir contract was noavly f completed, gang, acting under • • my instructions, gave, me their ob|ections in,writing, I went back again to Pahmtuaand informed Mr Webster is to the result of my interview with »BgMg. ; Ho 'toldnio lic would iii'i ■ itantly. dismiss them, and informed me. he was extremely sorry he had ; ' ' 30 other vacancy, so 1 had to return i 0 Jlasterton.- Neither" Constable 1 . Nestor nor Constable Coopey had - thy thing to do m the matte except nonstable Nestor writing to me to ?o to Eke&huna, As far airthe other .terns in your article ara cohcerned iliey do not call for any comment:rom me,. By inserting : this ; you"WillV' I. - ;; '■>: 'YoUtTB faithfully, ij | 0. H.