SOUTHLAND'S RESOURCES.
TO TIJE IP^TOB,
glj^ — jn your last issue the column o£ racy paragraphs contributed by "Cyclop" contained one in reference to the paper read by me on the Resources of Southland. The writer has been misinformed regarding my paper having besn "wriitea. to c<sttt.pfltfl for 8 prize offered by your late Mataara contemporary. His mistake » excusable, however through the following coincidence s The proprietor of the • Southern Free Press' advertised that he would giro sepwate prixes, for the best essay on the Resources of Southland, for the youth of both sexes up to 'ls years, up to 21 years, and open to all. My son was a competitor for the prize according to his age, and as it was his first pmblic attempt since his schooldays, I was anxious after the concern became bankrupt to get the essay back, as he had n,o eppy pfit, It took a good deal of trouble to accomplish that objeot, v the easay with other* bad been lodged elsewhere by Mr Mackay for «afo custody. — I am, fee,
W. B. SCANDRKTT. Inrercargill, 27th Sept., 1 883.
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Mataura Ensign, Volume VI, Issue 293, 28 September 1883, Page 2
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184SOUTHLAND'S RESOURCES. Mataura Ensign, Volume VI, Issue 293, 28 September 1883, Page 2
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