NOT RECEIVED.

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NOT RECEIVED.

: "AN IMPERTINENT LETTER." (BY TELKGItAPIl —rRESS ASSOCIATION.) Auckland, November 25. Last week the City Council declined to "receive" a letter from the Auckland Trades and Labour Council owing to the "impertinent" terms in which it was couched. An-, other instance of a local body refusing to receive a communication addressed to it occurred at to-day's meeting of the Council of tho Chamber of Commerce. The letter in this case was from tho Secretary of the local branch of the Independent Political Labour Leaguo, who wroto as follows: — "At a meeting of citizens held at the wharf last Sunday it was resolved to ask tho Harbour Hoard liot to grant tho request of tho deputation from the Chamber of Comniorce to erect gates on the wharf, and so deprive the City people of the health resort enjoyed by them tor the last forty years; also, they resent tho insult by a body of men calling themselves gentlemen "that the workers are a loafing class, and pilferers of sordines and pine-apples, and sincerely hopo the Harbour . Board will not grant such an un-democratic request. Wo would also like you to, produce your title deeds to your imaginary private property." The' Chairman of the Chamber (Mr. Nathan) said that in sending tho deputation to tho Harbour Board thero had not been the slightest intention of depriving the public of tho right of promenading tho wharf. Mr. J. B. M'Farlano referred ttf tho system in Wellington, whero, he said, there wero gates, but whore tho people wero not donied admission to the wharves. Tho gates would morely furnish a means of regulating the traffic, onablo an oye to be kept on tho class of peoplo going on to tfio wharves. Mr. Kent said that there was no reason for the writing of such an impertinent let'ter. All that was desired was to have tho power in tho caso of fire, or other special occasions, to regulate th(; traffic by closing tho gates, and also to prohibit smoking and the use of wax matches on tho wharves. I On tho motion of Mr. M'Farlano, seconded by Mr. Kent, it was resolved that tho lettor bo "not received."