OXFORD DISTRICT.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XLII, Issue 4312, 7 December 1874, Page 3

OXFORD DISTRICT.

TO THE EPIXOB OH THE IXTTBMON TIMES. : Sib, —I was much amused at reading a letter ‘ in yohr issue ■of Nov. 30/ signed “Argus,” and as there is nothing to reply to itt it, I will, with your kind permission, oom| inent a little upon this ehlglht l production. On first reading it, I felt gratified tbatlwas not a scholar, but then I thought 4t is not everyone that knows the names of some of the worthies of the heathen mythology that expose themselves as does “Argos.”- Now, in the first place, I fail to See ..that because “Pro Bono Publico” sees a necessity for a Post-office and Telegraph station that he must be raw.about it. Perhaps if “Argus" had seen ,as many accidents in Oxford and its vicinity as myself he would think there, was a .necessity for a Telegraph station, and .it is certain that we shall not get it without a Post-office combined; but, perhaps, there is too much sense about this for “Argus” to see it, and, from the tone of the two letters, I think if there is any rawness, it is on the side of “Argus.” It is a little singular, Mr Editor, that every complaifit of the delay in finishing the Oxford railway, and one other line is met by the atock argument that thert will- be nothing for them to carry when they are finished, which, to my mind shews clearly who polls the strings about these letters. Now, Mr Editor, I think your correspondent should have sighed himself “ Cyclops ” instead of “ Argue,”, aa it' is Clear that, instead of multiplying the bush:at Oxford a. hundred times, he has not seen half of it; for it is absolutely certain that “ Argus ” will be far .beyond the power of writing twaddle before the bush is worked supposing ho -Should live to see the bush all gone, it is an .undeniable fact that we have abundance of excellent building atone, and various minerals, including coal, which easmot the worked now onaeoonnt of - the hush. And.perhapa he will pardon me if I point out what seems to have escaped his nodes that it is conclusively proved, both on the Peniossla andthopMqs, that (there is no 1««d better adapted for gracing purposes than'old boehjand, so that “Argus ” need not be afraid for.die ordinary employment of the railway men when its thousands of acres of bush are .cleared, for by that time Oxford will be able to produce large quantities.of cheese, butter, and meat from the outtide of its hills and volleys,‘ and unlimited quantities of stone and minerals from the inside qf them. In conclusion, permit me to remind “Argus” that invective is not argument, and,.also, .that, zeal without discretion sometimes injures the causa it espouses. Eaur obedient servant, Oxford. Dec. 4. COMMON SENSE.