Correspondence.

Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1031, 1 February 1879, Page 2

Correspondence.

Ow correspondence columns are impaf' tial'y open t> ail, hut we do not m any teay identify our -elves with opinions expressed therein. Sib, — I sec tho Government hava again altered the site of the Te Awamutu Railway Station. It -would kive been much better if they had adhered to the old site, m Messrs Goodfellow's paddook, than humbug tho people as they have done, and, through their vacillating conduct, have-materially weakened the confidence of the public of this district. There is a good joke going the rounds now. -ome time ago, there was a para. graph m the papers, stating that the Go"ernraent intended calling a prominent resident of the Wai ato to the Upper House. At the name time, a resident, one hundred miles from Te Awamutu, received a letter, stating he was the man whom Sir George delighteth to honor. On the receipt of which, he started post haste for Wellington. On the road, he just thought he'd drink Sir George's health, and his own, which he did, with a. merry heart, and by the time ha arrived at Mercer, he was glorious. Of course, Sir George's health had to be drunk there again, and, m doing so, he missed the train. Then, Mr Editor, there was a row. It was delightful to see him walkI in* up and down that platform, with his ' thumbs Mtucf m the arm-holes of hia double-breasted buff coloured wesout, . vowing vengence on all the railway officials. Yes, sir, he would get his friend, Sir George, his personal friend, Sir George, to have them all dismiHsed. But, lo and behold, when he arrived m Auckland, he found it was all a hoax. Mr Editor, did you ever ace a doar, after receiving a good kick on the hind-quarters ? If you did pioturo to yourself the appearance of that man he came home quite crestfallen, and didn't seem very parttcular about Sir George's health on the way home. It is an old saying and a true one — put a beggar on horseback, and he'll ride, &c, &c I think if the Government intended to call a member from Waikato, they should choose an educated man with some positionnot an illiterate person, with no position whatever. Mr Sheehan has left us, and some say he has done no good, but I am of opinion that ho Las done a great deal of go<4 T^, ,^k fyfc 0 | jpflig-

ftewi (who ia a host m himself) to oome < m, is a great achievement. I was glad to hoar of tho settlers of Kihikihi coming forward and presenting Rcwi with an address, for I may say that ihe settlers of that district have to a oerUtiu extcut been , uudcr his protection for years. - 1 am, &c., | Obsebver. , To Awamutu, January 28, 1870. • ■