MAKGAPIKOPIKO RIDING AFFAIRS.

Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 62, 10 September 1897, Page 2

MAKGAPIKOPIKO RIDING AFFAIRS.

(to the editor.) Sir,— ln last Tuesday's issue of the larton Advocato I see a letter signed Apiti ." There was a letter in a pre- t ious issue of tbat paper over the same j om de plume, to which I replied. , 1 Apiti " considers mv reply bombast. Jow, sir, my reply was plain facts, if t hat is bombast. By tho tone of ' Apiti's " letter I should say he and his ilique may be able to preach a sermon, , >ut, alas Ibeis no Christian. His motto , s•• I live, but not let live." If "Apiti " ias a serious question to ask, or in in loubt regarding the riding or county iffairs, let him call a meeting of rate- ' payers or interview the councillor of the riding, or otherwise take a trip to the :ounty office. In either case he will ;et bis information ; or let him sign his lame to what he writes, as I aaust refuse to enter into a controversy of letail with any anonymous writer. Mow, sir, in the latter part of " Apiti's " etters he laid great stress on boys, tiorses, and drays. Now, I wonder where he gets his men. The Council joea not ank anyone for his certificate )f birth. The qualification to do a fair day's work is all tbat any reasonable local body can ask for, and to supply good horses tbat can do the work re ' quired. Now, sir, what I have done ever since elected three and a half years ago has been for the interest of the district I have the honor to represent. I am, Ac, W. Vicary. (to thk editor) Sir, — Recently comments have been published in tbo Marton Advocate, and signed " Apiti," regarding the actions of the Councillor for the Maugapikopiko riding. Sir, in " Apiti's " last letter he shows where his grievance comes in, and the trouble is because two capable young men have been employed by, and to the advantage of, the Council ; or, is his trouble because those young men have the misfortune to be the sons of their respective fathers and happen to own horses and 4 inch tyre drays, and may have deprived " Apiti " of a day's work. Sir, I 'have the advantage of hearing the comments of the majority of our ratepayers and they all give our councillor due credit for the energetic and businesslike way in which he has conducted the affairs of our riding. I am, &c, Apropos, i