BUSH RESERVES.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 615, 29 April 1876, Page 3

BUSH RESERVES.

Snt,— HoWeYW unwilling I m*y be to enter into any controversy, Twcannot refrain from flommeathig on the "vtfry 'lengthy but vaguC'and ilwoniftt- ' «nt letter Of "W J, *wbich appeared in your paper of the 27th mit on the lubject 'ot bush md the actton'twkeh by the of Hamilton to prevent their sale 'to private pe*« tons. I say'Yagut>,'beoaiue >I fill to obierre any rprsoticable or ttMfol fluggestions •iccept 'in a ••limatio and sanitary sense, which I consider moorfshine ; anil it 'is inconsistent, because 'although hi; «pproYdrttf'th» atetidn taken te :pt»'vent 'tbeir sale pyet he characterises the movers in the matter m ' V utnbler » vwhD *** * cfcnmted byitolfithtntftlVe*;" 'While -maWngurt of-iuoh language ha thouid teplsin the tndtlTet by which th»y Wert>-*«timted, which, ! I 'feel nsiured he is 'unabfo'to'do.iand'l am aurprised that any person ' eotold write would b» guilty of Ilttri-■buting-ieJfiih motire* to the inhabitants of any 'diitnot »whilit engaged 'ln nsuch a ,pMiswotthy m moyenient tt'the prdrention of -the -«ale of nny 'hushe« nn 'their diitriot. Such language 'from >atiy!per«on dMsrrei the'inoit decided rtprehen* / : »ipn, and I' regret that I am not better Able to .gire'it him hot and strong, at he deserve!, or I 'wWild maJta him feel the climatic influence whi*h '■he to tauoh adrocated. 'He says there u a phase 'of the question orerlooked by thoie persons moyHing'io thßtaattor-^tnd that phait it 'the ©lima1 tie and unitary influence of thefe bushes. Now 'lask, Mr Editor, -who would 'hate 'thought of '•^lich a thing ? Why,' none bfct ft tUionary. AixA 'he would 'haye 'too trees cue down, but would let tkem |row, and not only 'that, but he would "'compel er«ry settler to plant trees on his land. V- What an arbitrary expro»tion. If 'he 'would' bkftfio trees cut down, I ask him where we are Ito get our timber for building, for firewood, for ! ports »nd rail*,Vfcc. 'Perhaps like Mr' Joe Hinton (wuo ireheonljrtnau who go** 'in for the sale of then bushes in Hamilton) bs ha* mad* a 'big hole in the Te Hahu bu*h, And considers that 1 thej should taye a spelL He saya "the "cry "we want the 'bush« 3 for 'firewood sounds ludicrous in View of tho fact that it emanates from -wealthy Settlers 'well tble, one "would think, 'to live without Government assutaace." I deoy ' that bhey"want Government 'assistance, ' an'd that *a« the bushes were publio property they belong u -nolely to the public, and' the -people of Hamiltoii ™ JbaA a, perfect right to prevent their «ale. 'It ia >ponible that W J'ha* rtoeiYed tnore 'gOYernment 'assistance' than «nny person present meeting in -a pfminiitrj sunie. Hiavo'tio timeeir to qu6te«tiy tore from his •JeVUr.'iior .would I 1I 1 if L I tad, without incurring •the risk 'Of being eon«i<tered prossy.— l am, Ac, 'HiHßiiton, \pnla<Sth,'lSr6.