THE RETORT COURTEOUS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVII, Issue 142, 18 June 1913, Page 5

THE RETORT COURTEOUS.

[to the editor.]

Sir, —In" your yesterday's issue, the Mayor, Mr E. Parker, is reported as follows:. —"Mr Allan was greatly exercised in mind, but the facts were that he did not pay rates, as the Council used some of his land for the deposit of night-soil, and he would have. to pay rates under the water and sewerage scheme." I don't wish to call anyone a liar; but, for all that the Council's books will prove, and1 I emphatically state, that I have always paid my rates, in full, without deduction for deposit of night-soil or any other deposit, be it misrepresentation, falsehood, or lying. The Mayor owes me an apology for his fals© statement, and thanks for my allowing the Council's filth to be deposited on my land for so long. Blenheim filth will no longer, pollute the soil of Drumelog after the 27th June

ROBERT ALLAN

TAKE REASONABLE CARE. Do you know that a cold is a sign of weakness? If you were perfectly healthy. ryou would not catch a cold at all, if you took reasonable care. When you are troubled with colds, it means that you' require something to invigorate the system. The surest way to cure a cold is to take a tonic, and the tonic properties in Baxter's Lung Preserver make it a very fine remedy. People who buy it once, buy it again and again. That is the best recommendation. A bottle at Is lOd can be bought at any chemist's or store. — Advt. . .

A man named William McQuoid ■was charged in. the Auckland Police Court the other day "that he did an act which might endanger the lives of those on the railway." It appeared that the defendant (Mr Singer), being a contractor, had in his possession a bag containing 50 plugs of gelignite. He hoarded the train with his dangerous bundle, and having had too much to drink went to sleep in the railway carriage, being carriedl beyond his destination and back again. His arrest for drunkenness resulted in the discovery of the explosive. Remarking that the defendant's action was more or less accidental, although at the same time Tiiqjhlv dangerous, because Il^ was dm" I*, th« Be^oh imposed a pcr.r.^y of .C 2 and costs.