CORRESPONDENCE. [We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by our correspondents.] THE LATE INQUEST AT RANGIRIRI.

Waikato Times, Volume VII, Issue 333, 2 July 1874, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE. [We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by our correspondents.] THE LATE INQUEST AT RANGIRIRI.

(To the Editor of tht Waikato Tips.) Sin, — It was with great pirn jure I read jourleadine article upon the lnte mquist,. it 4 had such, a healthy,, imi^ pendent ring about ft, I hut it wai quiVc ief»cshit»g to wad it. I am afraid I here nrc very few papers in the colony mnnljv enough to wvite such nn independent leading article. Perhaps the Aucllund paper*, when you hare shown them theexample, may in » faint-hearted iort of Kay oho comd»mn> the cruelty which was ritown towards the, unfortunate manIt it not that I nni a Good Templar, and hare any enmity to the pablicniu — nothing of that Lmd ; but what pleaied me was, that Ilirrr vai ore paper in Tfew Zealand that would say what it thought wo» right and c<»rc JoitaobodyI hare lived in America for yenrf. The American Pre»s 1 looked upon with contempt. Nearly the whole of the erilaof society there, both political and" social, I attribute to a. falie Freis. I will not say that I hare looked wjth contempt upon the New Zealand Press ; but I will tay tfiii, that gladflß am I that there is at lrust one independent, fearltn paper^ that I can reiprct. H we h«d half-a-dortn tuch, it mighd be the means of saying »n Zealand from many a blunder. lam only a poor mm, I hure never allow rd this to worry , me ; but certainly, •when I read your late article and cne or- f two prior to it, I wislied I was rich enougfi io become one ofi" your iupporter*. — I am, &c. f An Oid Tobx. Harapipi, 26th June, 1874.

(To the Editor of the Waiiuto Tiuss.) ff Sir,— All right«thinking ptnoni will hay« been gratified! on perusal of your outspoken and well-directed remarks im your iuue of Tuesday last, re the inqueit on the body of Aaron Fallowes. The fate of this unfortunate man will' surely open the eyes of the public, and compel them to moTO in the matter of regulating Cc salt of spirituous, liquori. No on* who ghre» the subje^ a momenta thought A will fail to conclude that the disgusting drirtking habits off W society— apparently of all gradw— but moiie especially noticeable in the clan to which the deceased belonged, is thegreateit cnrse with which our community ii afflicted ; at torrent of evil which, If not stemmed, is fraught with thj.w most direful consequences — as witness the present victiniP^ It. appears next to hopeless that men lost te all self-respect, V and who at all risks gratify an unnatural appetite for drink,, j will erer retrieve themselTes from ruin j hundreds of them. will either read or hear of the death of this man, and with the eiolamation " poor fellow ! " go strive with their last shilling to place tbems«lves exactly in the same position. Something must be done for these insane men— something must be done to protect the rising generation from the vicious and demoralising effects resulting from the present mode of carrying on the liquor traffic. "Why is it necessary to have such elaborate and comfortable inducements in the i shape of bar-parlours, Ac,, in which depraved characters sib and soak, and spend their substance. Cannot the business J of a publican be carried on like other businesses — where, if a. \ pound of tea or sugar is called for, the purohater pays hiW money and goes bis way ? I contend thai it should be illegal for liquors to be consumed on the premises eztept for bonm fide traveller*, who would probably use refreshment in a. legitimato way, and that drinking bars, with tbair concomitant abominations should be etterly ; or, if thacommunity are not prepared for such » sweeping measure,, let the person calling for liquor remain futsids of the bouse,, and the bar be simply an aperture or windawftr handing out the fluids and receiving in the currency, tbert wouldi j be then very little mobbing together for drunken spreta- a Shame and inconvenience would scatter these whose man- > hood is non -shadowed by the screen at th« publiesn's door.. » I think it does but little good to _ write hard thngs of the publicans. I behove there are many of them who would coincide with any alteration thai would rentier the bnaineM less obnoxious to themselves and enable them to elevate ib above the level at wbieh the, finger points. I hope, sir, a» you have taken up the pon with such ability in favor of *•- form you will not lay it aside until you have convinced hhoat,. viz., the pest sellers, who you truthfully affirm are moat to blame, whose influence, if exercised, in the way »f improvement would be very great ; th«t if they still remain unconcerned and careless, they are answerable for much, of. thiflk. evil tho present system entails. Pmtßßism.