to Wellington as the cost wd. be enormously increased thereby. Prendergast is I believe retained by Wilson - I wish you wd. see Gordon Allen and encourage him in the business - he will be fully instructed as to the facts of the case and I can supply whatever further information he requires when I am Wellington. Maddock is leaving here shortly so that the whole case will be in Allen's hands. Maddock has made a horrid mess of the Hapuku Trust Deed so much so that we are put to a lot of trouble to prevent Hapuku being made a Bankrupt and his affairs falling into the hands of Wilson - Sutton and Co. I am writing officially on the subject please have my letter thereon looked at immediately as prompt action is required to frustrate Wilson's applications to the Judge for having Hapuku made Bankrupt. In this case again they are working more against you than anything else. They want to have Hapuku bankrupt, as then, Sutton wd. come in before you for your Ngatarawa purchases. It appears he got the better of Maddock that time in registering Deeds and got his on first - It is fearfully disgusting all this, but the wretches are active and stop at nothing - That rascally newspaper correspondence which Sutton kept going so long is at last dropped but the Paper is still very unreliable - One day it has a strong favorable article, the next it goes in hot and strong against and so it goes on.