Correspondence.

Auckland Star, Volume XI, Issue 3219, 13 November 1880, Page 3

Correspondence.

CIRCUS AND ALBERT PARK.

(To the Editor.)

Sir,—l must ask you to again allow me a short space iv yonr valuable columns to insert a reply to "F.P.," who says he does not understand the logic of " Ratepayer. 1 am not surprised at this, judging from the illogical contents of his letter. That the circus will be the cause of a nuisance, he admits, but whether great or small is a matter of opinion and previous experience. It is the lait straw that breaks tho camel a back. "F.P." implies that because no objections were raised to firiDg blank cartridges, etc., etc., that no objection should have been made against anything else however illegal it may be. I quite agree with his expression of "Let us be young," but if " KP." had experienced Cooper aud Baileys' show it would make him look considerably older, and, from the continual noise which prevents sleep, he would probably feel older after a week of it. It is certainly a matter of great regret that Mr Cooke, who is a perfect stranger amongst us, should have been put to auy trouble or annoyance in the matter, as there is no dou+>t that he will meet with every success wherever the circus may be placed. I cannot conclude without noticing one or two remarks in Mr Cooke's letter to your paper. He certainly deserves the thanks of the public for giving them so much information as to where the " roots of the circus are embedded, &c, &C." But, sir, Mr Cooke makes a statement that it is the will of all whom he has met save " one, ' that Mr Cole should occupy the Albert Paik. I cau only say that there are a large quantity of people who he has not yet met, or he would have found that he could have made no such statement. But this reminds me that Mr Cooke wants to meet me at your office to lay

down a snm of money to back my assertion. This I decidedly decline to do, although I > still have my doubts about the fulfilment of every promise made, and here I should like Mr Cooke to clearly understand what is meant. That the show, as advertised, will be more than faithfully carried out under the canvas I have no doubt; but, sir, Mr Cole or his assistants can have no control over the thousands outside, and therefore i cannot prevent tho varioua nuisances on which the objections are raised,—l am, &c, Batepaybb.