CORRESPONDENCE.

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CORRESPONDENCE.

•»l TO CORRESPONDENTS.- I %* Letters to the Editor must be written distinctly in ink on one side of the paper, otherwise they cannot be enter- ■ tamed. They must also be accom- : panied by the name and address of the 1 writer, as a guarantee of good faith. c We must ask our correspondents to re- J member that during the session of Par- * liament the demands upon our space are * so great, that we cannot guarantee to x print long letters. , c "Enquirer"—Sa far as we are aware there J is no reward offered by the British for f the discovery of perpetual motion, which s is a fallacy that has long been abandoned I by all intelligent people. * A RICHMOND GRIEVANCE. \ TO THE EDITOR OP THE PRESS. ] Sir, —Until this morning I was under the t impression that gutters and footpaths v-ere i formed and kept for the convenience of; ate- t payers, but I am apparently mistaken, i.s i I find that the authorities have given jnstruc- t tions that all wooden bridges over Ihe gutters i in Draper street are to be removed at cnce, i and if the owners neglect to do so the Council's men are empowered to remove and cart same away. t Probably the Council worsmen are too £ lazy to lift the bridges and sweep under- s neath, and the Council, like a careful grand- f mother, encourages their little weakness. { The bridges are not the property of the ( Council, but were put there by residents for ~ their own convenience. f The Council place fixed iron bridges over 5 gutters in the city, and yet object to move- j able bridges of one quarter the length in the j suburbs. Is tiie convenience of ratepayers to ■ be placed second to that of Council work- j men? This; ridiculous and inccnsisten j action of the Council deserves to be met by a vigorous protest.—Yours, &.C., RICHMOND RATEPAYER. ) Richmond, 22nd September, 1898. j "TEMPERANCE COLUMN." J TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRESS. - Sir, —I see in your Saturday's issue a cor- < respondent objects to yonr "Temperance t Column,"* but says he is an advocate of temperance. I should like to ask him how