NO MONOPOLY.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 670, 5 September 1876, Page 3

NO MONOPOLY.

Sib, — T t i§ not oftau w« have »nyth ; nc worth writing about; but the following • f tftmpt at injustice, and over mmopoir, •hould In the inter* <ts of justice be ni«de public. Fhrre in nt. Te Bore, n ferrjnnn who i« also tho W S N Company*! agent for that landing plac«. Fver stare ta 1 iij rh»rg« be hi* b*en noted for hi-» «tricf attention to dut» j no setter has e*cr had caa<« to complft n ; and nt the lait gre t flood, he at tit <- risk of hit life tared considerable prope^y for tho W 8 N CV<m\ any and the public ; and hrough it out a lot of liis own. Of at% in hi endeavour to earn an lionett living, the ferryman hatrold flour, ct", to the f«ttlcr< living rear him, and «l«o to tho c on the vrcstero »id« of the riri»r, where there is no store. lie can do to ch^npor than the Alexandra •tore* kreperi, a» h* lms lest fr<ighr to pay, and it AITO4 the s^ttlfrt a journey of four mil^a. You will say there is no harm iv <lv«, hut §o do not think the Alexandra Moreke p"rs, or at)ra»t two of th m, and ■who from tho length of time ettablisltpd, •hould have % tnfßcient trade without requiring to pmecu'o anyone 'or telling ab»^orlw^of flour, but they lidto np plied to tho W 8 N Company, to stop tliii man f oa increming bit rerr moderns income bv traxlinir, or to duchirec him. or failing thic, tbey would trinifer their ouatom to th* Op;o nit ion steamers. To the honour and credit of tho*e who mnnago the W 8 N Company, be it snid, they refused to do titho>-, but a more cruel and rind uriu*t tliini? could tcsrcely be imagined, ana it is nnother pro f f'f the well-known fact that storekeepers in the Waiknto, have in many oiei rull d with a rod of irons. Tln» ii a long letter, but in tbe interest of your motto : "E^jUHland exACt juntice to all men," I claim ipnce for it.— l gm, Ac, No M ufoPOLT. Tf Rore, September 2nd, 1876.