CORRESPONDENCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLI, Issue 317, 22 December 1906, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE NELSON WATEH SUPPLY. To the Eihtor. Sir,— Will you give me. space _in your columns jo. draw attention of JQurseJt arid the ribr>i»ki:er'ers of bur city --o »'» u non-progressivo policy of our City Council on the water question. Many of us were under the impression when we voted for the extension of waterworks loan that it would benefit the trade of the city, I as a bona fide gardener find myself just in the same position a« previous to tile extension, at i far as using the water is fdnqenied, Per, habs I aril sore at present about the master. i with others invested all our capital in the industry, and cannot use the hose during the day, although m y crops are going., to ruin with the prospect at the end of #>».«»»?* A e balance on the wrong ..ids-a t-Ofe* *• F 5 ra^tifoAftr— davs ; also a toiai 01 *>~" r . j «h» hulk of it spent among the trades city tradesmen. I }>°A.^t^r the City Council meet us in this, mat^r by givYng all bona S^evi*™* ££ Oil ttiv payment of ft ..»ff '"j.W'l-tt W' y ' ftJve SET Will theCouuotherwise and have our services cut , . , J ESCOURT. Grovfi Street, Nelsoik. THE CLERGY 4NB THE PEOPLE.

I' To the Editor. «!!«• —There is one clasß of men in ddwW. -I mefert my bretnrgri ffin clergy Stall 'denominations. . It is * m <f n unfortunafe state of things,, wh^n m a free, and in a growing community, an impression is abroad on thevminds of the .working classes, that their .professed spiritual instructors are.inditterent to their temporal interests, , and still more unfortunate when such ; an impression is not without -foundation. There has been for- some years. past hy fa'f' too rtttich divkiorl among btlrselves, and too much party warfare ; while the great practical questions regarding the physical conditions and educational wants of the working classes have been overlooked. Far more time would require to be devoted, than is devoted to the duty of pastoral visitation ; and 1 verily believe that a most important, and "truly valuable end would be gained as respects the employed of all classes, were they simply to be assured that , they are rdaily cared for by their spini tual ilWtrUeloH. . It Has beeli by far 100 niuctl taken for granted; that the i complaints of the operative classes must as a matter of course, . be .groundless ■ and ' originate merely in political dhv i content, .. .May- itfeeir. sewices: be -ma&t , profitably available for removing prejui dices, for lessening the distance beI twixt the extremes of society; and foi > bringing the lessons of Christianity in- , to closer contact with the physical comr forts and moral improvement of _man. » Is there no danger lest they may prove r conservative of that which is not only , an old fashioned error, but an error oi b most dangerous tendency, the error 5 namely of thinking that working mer ] are mere machines. A great many o: a our Nelson people. are too conservative and some don't like tb see a strange: come among them; too stand off alto gether, and dp things very queer, r ■ ought riot to be. . I anu etc., TRAVELLER