KILLING THE GOOSE.

Greymouth Evening Star, 2 April 1918, Page 7

KILLING THE GOOSE.

THAT LAYS THE GOLDEN EGG. (To the Editor.) Sir, —When Mr Seddon went away to the front, he asked the Government to look after his constituents, which they promised to do, if I am informed rightly. Some months ago a span of 80 feet over the Teremakan was washed- away, and there is no sign of it been repaired yet. It is about a half mile from Kumarn, and the main stay to that place. The miners are in a had way. In fact, we are quite isolated, and it puts yon in mind of the early days. The expense is something awful in getting timber and provisions and what you require for your family and claim. Some people have spent thousands of pounds and over 30 years of their lifetime and put it all in tfTeir claims, water, dams and races. The miners are leaving. The settlers cannot get their cream to the factory in flood time. The teacher has left the school on Cape Terrace. She has trot 1.0 cross two broken rivers. There is no doctor in Kumara, and no hospital. Tiie Mayor has left Kumara. It seems smell a. pitv —a now place that is not ed vet. Is that the way to win the war. It seems to me more like “killing the goose that lays the- golden egg.’’—l am, etc- ; • • MINER. Kumara. March 30, 1918.