THE WARDEN'S DUTIES.
TO THE EDITOR OF LAKE WAKATIP MAIL. Sib, —A good deal has lately appeared in the papers abi u' Wardens visiting outlying districts tliat I ask your permission to state the other side of the matter. las a tradesman have suffered in my business by miners being forced to come down to Queenstown to obtain the formal sanction of the Warden to some application or the other. The men require board and accommodation, and very often money to meet exorbitant Court fees. These the miners have too often to ask me or others in business for. Now, this trip to Queenstown, this putting of our hands in our pockets to assist men who would not have required assistance if justice had been brought to tiieir doors, is not right. The Warden, for the sake of inglorious ease at home, for one trip or so in tiie month, which would occupy only a day, causes this loss. The country is thrown into confusion, hardships are imposed upon the already burdened miner, and I have to assist men who are forced by these reasons to borrow when they would not. The Wardens are well paid, and have light duties to perform. Perhaps they wish to have no labor imposed upon them, and to draw their salaries as a matter of course.— I am, &c, A Tradesman. Queenstown, July, 26, 1871.
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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 664, 2 August 1871, Page 3
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