THE BLIND OF NEW ZEALAND.

Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 185, 7 August 1890, Page 2

THE BLIND OF NEW ZEALAND.

(To the Editor.)

Sib, —Dr. Bakewell's letter is very feeble and altogether contradictory. If, ac he says, abuse never docs good, whj' does he indulge in it, by abusing Mr Abbott tn Bcurrilons terms, applying " rapturous ravings," " screeches," etc., to that gentleman's letters, which all over tho colony are pronounced most excellent and beautiful? Why does he employ euch terms as "beggar" and "organ-grinder?" And how does he reconcile the stafcoment that everybody mti3t wish to ameliorate tho condition of tho blind with the fact that he himself has not given a farthing, and hopes tho Government -will not subsidise the amount Mr Abbott has collected ?

Actions speak louder than words. And why does he falsely allege that the money was given by reluctant Aucklanders ? The letter was truthfully read, and if we have no eyes to see, we are thankful for brains to understand." All, those 'who signed the letter lost their sight in New Zealand, and to this numbur eighteen others, in and arnund Auckland could be added. These also lost their sfght here, a? did the whole of the blind save two professors of music, who reside at Dunedin. —1 am, etc.,

J. W. TIUHK, Teacher of the Blind