RAILWAY SIDINGS.

Evening Star, Issue 6919, 4 June 1885, Page 2

RAILWAY SIDINGS.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—My attention has been called to a lettor hi your issue of Tuesday evening, under the above heading, written by Mr C. W. Kerr. I am at a loss to understand why Mr Kerr has rushed into print, and 1 would not notice his letter but for the fact that he has thought fit to make charges against me, which, as he well knows, are quite unfounded. Some months ago Mr Kerr wrote a letter to the Corporation, making the same charges against me. I immediately asked the Corporation to hold an inquiry, at which all parties could be heard. An inquiry was held, and the following extracts from the newspaper reports of the proceedings of the Corporation will show that Mr Kerr utterly failed to make out a case against me» — "His Worship the Mayor said that he wished to take the present opportunity of saying that Mr Kettle, in their recent negotiations with him, had shown a desire not <jo be over-reaching, or to take advantage of any particular section of the community." " Cr Fagan said he was glad this matter had been mentioned. ... In the negotiations that had taken place • Mr Kettle had come out with clean hands, and had shown a desire to act fairly, straightforwardly, and above-board." "Cr Murray said that the negotiations with Mr Kettle and the Tramway Company had been of a most satisfactory kind." > With regard to my firm's letter to the Corporation, alluded to by Mr Kerr at the commencement of his letter, the simple question to be decided is whether or not the action of the Government in the matter is legal.—lam, etc., Chas. C. Kettle. Dunedin. June 4.