AN EXPLANATION.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 10, 12 July 1909, Page 3

AN EXPLANATION.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,— My attention has been drawn -o your sub-leader in issue of the 9th m S ■ reference . t0 some remarks L made m my private capacity at Auckland. I take this opportunity of Zn^ he 9° nsfcr "ction you place ipon those remarks is entirely at vari- \ m ¥ , meani "g- I» my official :ap acl ty it f olows as a ma tter of ourse that I should be the last to foser any local prejudice as between two arge centres such as Wellington and Auckland, and personally, as a private ltizen, I deprecate such when based ipon petty jealousy, as it is patent to ny thinking person that these imporant cities should bo above that, and /ork for the welfare generally of the ommion. tfow all I said was to warn [ le Auckland business man that their verhngton confreres would be equally live to the business possibilities of the XH'th, and with the easy access the lain Trunk line now gives I had little oubl that Auckland's geographical [aims to the business would (for what ley were worth) be keenly contested com your end. Surely there is nothing 11 this to warrant my being charged nth making suggestions as to the moives and practices of the Capital City, father I submit my few feeble words ivere in the direction of a tribute to Lhe "pushing way" of the Wellingtonian. There was nothing in my mmd at the time except the idea of a fair and square business rivalry, healthy at all times and in all places, between the two cities. I thinK. therefore, in via™

r of this, that I may claim that in t! - particular case I have been "nrisund - stood," and hasten to correct the m 1 ter. — I am, etc., H. R. SiPENCE