CORRESPONDENCE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVI, Issue 14538, 25 November 1907, Page 9

CORRESPONDENCE.

OoHftßpondents *r» raquogted to m»ko ti«uf > eomnranioatioaa as brief as posjibla. The eijrnaturta to kttws tkM tt» not pub- j lished in foil will b» maiksd with an afftariafcv tlms * JOHN SMITH. NOTICE~TO CORRESPONDENTS. "Enquirer."—Yes. "L.S."—The gentleman has announced his intention not to Ee-sk re-elec-tion . " Holiday."—The actual cost was £4 10s. " One Who Knows."—We are sorry lor the injustice done to Ireland, and we will repair it when an. opportunity offers. BANDS IN HAGLEY PARK. TO THE EDITOB. Sir, —In connection with the matter of two bands clashing with performances at Hagley Park on Sunday, the Elite Band feel that, gome is due to the public. The Elite Band have refrained from appealing to the public in the past, but, after fifteen years, they find it necessary to purchase new instruments, and decided to give performances at Hagley Park. The band received permission to_ give a performance on November 10. Knowing that the Woolston Band bad performed on November 3 and would most likely desire to give more performances, the Elite Band wrote the Woolston Band on November 6 asking them to agree to an arrangement to have the Park on alternate Sundays, subject to permission. The Elite received no reply to this letter. i The Woolston Band played again on November 17. On Tuesday last the Elite made application for permission to play on Sunday, November 24, and received the necessary permission from the Exhibition authorities on Wednesday and advertised same in the daily papers of Thursday. On Saturday the. Woolston Band, advertised that they would play. The Elite communicated with the Exhibition authorities, who replied that the Elito were entitled to tlie Park, and this xeplv I communicated <at once to the Woolston Band. The Elite' Band will apply for permission to play on December 8, leaving next Sunday free to the Woolston Band. Thanking the public for their support.—l am, etc., ERNEST A. M. LEAVER, Honorary Secretary Elite Band.

BORING FOR OIL. TO THE EBITOB Sir,—On Friday last you publish eel u account of an interview with your »presentative giving some particulars

respecting the Aishburton Boringl Rights Syndicate. It was stated thati the depth of ghingle to be penetrated was estimated at about two thousand feet. This is a misunderstanding, as the anticipation ie that a well will have' to be put down to/that depth beforal reaching payable oil,' but it is not probable that the depth of shingle will exceed 700 or 800 feet. This conclusion is based on the fact that ati Orari, less than ten. miles .from a plac«l where some of the oil indications were found, the sandstone underlying the shingle was reached at about four inmdretl feet, so it may be safely concluded that the depth of shingle _ at Ealing will not exceed seven or eight hundred feet. A well was put down at Islington iby a local well-sinker through shingle to a depth of over seven hundred feet, so we heed not anticipate any insuperable difficulty in reaching the sandstone. Once the shingle? ia passed the well may be-continued toj any depth required.—-I am, etc., A. JOYCE. Manager I Ashbu'rtou Boring Rights Syndicate,-