ROYALTY AT LYTTELTON.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12532, 20 June 1901, Page 3

ROYALTY AT LYTTELTON.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —Will-you kindly allow me space to shank Mr G'. Laurenson and:." Colonial" for Jieir replies ,to my letter in: your recent .'ssuß? The; explanation of the efforts 'nade by the Mayor and Mr Laurenson an ':■} satisfactory to myself as,'l am 'cure'they ■ve to the-general public. I have'no wish > belittle the efforts which they haveurilubtedly made, but would it not have beer. vstter to take, the public into their cor.Idence? '. A few lines.' in.- tlie .'newspaper mveyed to us.the only information we received. Had .a public meeting been, called. 'ind an energetic committee been appointd.the attention and the interest'of the : ' Public would have been aroused at the iutial stages of,the proceedings, the efforts of our worthy Mayor and member would .we been '.''strengthened, and the emphatic lemands 'of detei-irtined' Lyttelton ' would •iave received- that favourable considerationvhich the authorities' cbuid hardly deny A " ttle outcry hor gf-ined us a little, abigout:ry at, the beginning would have gained us it we' asked. I say again, I thoroughly ■ the efforts'of our worthy'Mayor • I • our representative'.' I only question : ).a wisdom of their ebcting to play a lone■;ind. A letter appears, in to-day'.s issue. , gned "Working Man.", 'Who he is, I ':now"not, but I am sure he is a'loijein his -pinions. The ratepayers of Lyttelton do ->ot object to spend money, -if it is used in a manner'worthy of oiir port_and' nd, as, to the Mayors carriage, he may rest •,ssured.that the ratepayers, would sanction expenditure in order that its lay or ; should uphold .in a fitting manner + He disunity of-the town: which he so ■ably • apresents.i -I-am sure that neither th° >layor nor Mr Laiuren.s6n approves of the overed gangway now being erected. What .s its object? . Crowds,will line the roads overlooking the wharf, who have come miles their feelingr of loyalty, but will nothing. 'Take the abbrnanatioriK aWay. .et the Royal pair walk to their carriage, ./■bile they receive the loyal acclamations of the people.—l p,m, etc., OLD RESIDENT. ' Lyttelton, June 19, 1901. :