TEN-GUINEA CHEQUES.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIX, Issue 4847, 10 March 1873, Page 3

TEN-GUINEA CHEQUES.

To tho Kchtoi : Sir, — Mi. Carleton'a ]ottor accounts for (Jiiofjiio No. 2. J']\ccllo»t ! Though to take fiom tho Auckland diammar School fund for tho benefit of tlio L'aihia ohuich fund does remind ouo of a certain proverb jh which the names of 1'etor and L'aul occur. liut tho whulo proceeding (I speak jooularl}) is Biiggostive of an airan^onicnt, worthy of tho consideration of soiuo of {our public men, namely that a chinchbuilding fund bo formed as a receptacle for all (money tainted with tho odour of, say, oxtremo liberality on tho pnrt of itH public dispense) s, or for Btray cheques whiu public inquiry makes tho rctontiou of thorn a liltlo hot, 01 <ia a repository for part <if auch sums nf monoy aa n sweetener of tho remainder, if Air Carle ton will fcaka the fciotihlo to rrfer to tho Cimbrid»o (Jalcud ir for tho years 1M(J, '17,| and '48, ho will discover that dm ing t)io-.o yi\ns 1 WiiH in icsidiiHo at th if; Ihmorsity, .ind that ni tho lists ol J.imiaiy, '4 ( J, my name appeals as li.uin^ taken my Ji.A. degreo ; ho will theiefoio obBorvo that I havo nothing to loam from him relative to University customs, and I am quito awaro that tho rccoivo a honoiauum for their services ; but seriously Mr. C'.irlctou does not mean to comparo tho light duties of c\aininin<f tho Auckland Ciianitnar •School boys ■with tho onerous laliour"? of University examinations Mi'. Carlcton apeaks of the conumimty m winch wo hvo as a "hot-bed of di traction." ISow J look upon tho spirit of inquiry and cnticism that in abroad as ono of tlio mobt hopeful minis of oar day ; and if our public mon poiform thiir duties faithfully and honourably they need not fear its notion, however hoatilo: only thoac who have something to hide need object to tho light of day. — I am, &c , W. WOODWAKU.