HEAVY TRAFFIC BY-LAWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXII, Issue LXII, 1 August 1911, Page 2

HEAVY TRAFFIC BY-LAWS.

(To the Editor.)

Sir, —<J.. O. Taylor's despicable assertions in his brief letter of the 26th inst. should, by all rules of controversy, be treated wrEh the contempt it deserves. At the same time, I cannot allow such disparaging remarks to pass into oblivion without an indignant protest.

In my first letter I made a suggestion re wheel-gauge, also criticised some of his minor "funnyisms," which appears to have had the desired effect. Now, instead of Mr Taylor replying in a rational spirit, he must commence hurling abusive language in the how-dare-you kind of tone, for in his first letter, under discussion, I may safely assume that fully one-half the contents are spleen of the lowest order, and so he continues to the end of his tether, in which lie unscrupulously states that my remarks are the "splenetic production of a baffled ambition, and it reeks with the poison of treachery, etc." Now : in reference to "baffled ambition," I cannot resist the temptation of a little sarcasm by honestly jtating that I have never of my own rYee will, or in any other form, aspired to ' 'county council or Parliamentary honor." The gentleman's disappointment on seeing my previous letter inserted in the usual way instead of being "condemned to the garbage-basket, is proof positive that the man is "selfopinionated," and all people of enlightened ideas must submit to his superior intelligence. In closing this correspondence (so far as Mr Taylor is concerned), I will give him a little friendly advice for future guidance, viz., should any individual's suggestion not coincide with his ''I-know-all-up-to-date-methodsI,'' not to rush into print and lash out in such a contemptible manner, as on the present occasion, for such conduct "subtracts" .rather than adds to the respective merits of any person, even insinuating such oui^geous statements. A. V. Tait, .Kaponga, sounds the bugle-call, "We are the people who lead in progressive methods, and it would be f aial to our reputation to adopt the antiquated methods of the Old Country," but he fails to covet their good roads. Probably they are also "antiquated! If Mr Tait took a trip Home and inspected the roads, vehicles, and machinery of all descriptions—in fact, a general overhaul —not omitting the careful manner in which the land is cultivated (not pig-rooted) for the benefit of landlords, and even then without any purchasing clause, he would return to God's own j country a jubilant but wiser man. His closing remarks are, "If our roads will not stand a 15-cwt. load on a 2£-inch tyre, it is high time they were put in the proverbial glass-case." Does he mean the dray with 15cwt. of milk, and the roads to be planted in the aforesaid case ? If so, I should consider the idea excellent, as "cause" and "effect" would help to solve the problem. Why are our roads, in such an unsatisfactory condition? — I am, etc., J. T. YOUNG ("Growler"). Ararata.