Correspondence.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1250, 12 February 1886, Page 3

Correspondence.

Wedo'not hold onrselreareiponalble (or the opinion* 'expressed by oar correspondents.

WHITE’S REEF CO. TO IKI EDITOR.

Sir -1 am glad that yon have taken Mr . Fraser to task re his letter in your last Mgsue. With your permission, 1 will give 'Aiy views on that letter. To my way of thinking it is very autocratic (please pat ■autocratic in largo print). Firstly.—He says that he has no intention of defending the directors of White’s Reef Co. This is strange J

Secondly.—He does not consider the columns of a newspaper a fit place for such discussions. This is also strangel Thirdly.—Bo is actuated solely by a desire to relieve the mind of any shareholder who may have read such inaccurate statements in former issue. Still strange I Fourthly. Mr M’Queen’s men were not tx-Ha through any fault of the directors of White’s Reef Co. Not improbable ! ■fcfthly.—.Re LIOO coo high. It is quite \*£tble / , To Mr Fraser’s first plea I have nothing to say. Secondly —Evidently Mr Fraser a letter -was intended to stifle erqnir es concerning White’s Rt-ef Co. affairs. The tone of -aid letter wi'J, 1 think, have a cont ary effect. L'him ! y —Mr Fraser characterises lh) whoV of the statements (hj use a mild expnstion} aa incorrect. 1 think this letter will show it is possible, and very p.-ohabie, that had the directors called tor tenders in the Dunedin papers—seeing how dull busi. ■ness is all over the county—it is on the cards the same work that Mr is doing would have been doue 2.) to 30 per cent, cheaper. I think Mr Fraser should hnow the value of calling for tenders, seeing such a difference at times between the I ighest sod lowest tenders for Vincent ■Conn ry work. {Vide Dosstan Times) Fourthly.—X have heard more than one of Mr M-Queen’s woikmen complain of being idle several days throw ,-h the want of t mhor. When asked whose fault that was, they replied that it -was not their firm’s. "Then, whose fault was it! Fifthly.— Mr Editor, I think that if strict enquiries were made into the price of material, etc., supplied to the Company, it would be found in many cases that the same class of materials coul t have been -obtained at a much cheaper rate, I have letters before me now showing that the -Company are prying fot some of the timber -used in the mine some 75 per cent, m to -for the same class of timber than they should do. Should Mr Fraser or any other director douH this, they hive but to call -on me and I will show them the said letters. Hall have been blest with good hearing long ere this 1 would have conven'd a -meeting or meetings in the district to dismiss ! how the affairs of Whi-e’s Reef Co. were being manage I —to my way of thinkinv oftentimes mismanaged. In conclusion, Mr Editor, I am of opinion that if the district shareholders of White’s Reef Gold Mining Company (it practical miners so much the belter) were to visit the mine oeeasional’y and rake a reasonably active interest in the aff.ii* of the Company it would be better for lli tii aa shareholders. and most likely benefit the future of this district, Hoping my letter is not too long, and that good may come of Mr Fraser’s letter, iiHie earnest wish of J. R. Kemp. Bald Hill Flat. February Bth, 1836.