CORRESPONDENCE CONDENSED.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 7899, 18 March 1887, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE CONDENSED.

"Great; North Road Blunder" writes asking who is responsible for the blunder now being done in the road, and mentions a number of particulars affecting the road, in which he considers mistakes have been made.

" Peregrinus" strongly oommends "tho pleasing and excellent service given by Mr. Pooley's class, at the teaching chamber*, on Sunday afternoon*." Our correspondent visited tbe chambers, and wm astonished at the high quality of the mimic he heard. Ha says :—" Little did I expect to find a welltrained ohoir—containing fifteen boys' voiced —rendering some of the moat difficult and beautiful of church music; and a performance of a couple of aacred solos, wbioh I venture to say mi a big lesson to on* 1 amateur talent, of whom several were pre* seat. I then took a close view of the audience, and am pleased to record the fact that there were present some of our very best musicians The size of the chambers is certainly a drawback." " Colonist" writes on the rank of Mr. Price-Williams as a railway authority, but other correspondents are writing upon that at quite sufficient length. " Miles" and " Civilian" deal with the present volunteer squabble. " Miles" shows a bitter personal animosity to one of the parties concerned, dragging np matters which have nothing to do with the present dispute. The whole subject will no doubt be fully inquired into by disinterested and authoritative persons. Mr. Stanley Creason sends a long letter OB free trade and protection ; but at present, at all events, we cannot give it space. Its gist is that a severe protective syntem should be instituted in New Zealand, that the foreigner should be kept out, and that "those who do not think the colonial article good enough should be made to pay st.ffly for the preference." " Nemo" deals with the same subject, contending that the protection system is the cau»e of the prosperity of the United States. "H.R.S." protests against the proposed desecration of the Roman Catholic Cemetery, but it i«, we think, unnecessary to insert his letter, as the attention of all concerned baa been called to the matter, and the expressions of opinion are all one way. "W.C.M." addresses us on the timber controversy, Baltic v. Kauri. Be contends that kauri is not equal to Baltic for certain purposes. Mr. W. H. Kirtlan, plasterer, writes on the Lath v. Plaster question. Kef erring to Mr. Blaikie's patent he says:—"l think I shall not be far wrorg when I say that the Art Gallery ceiling will be standing when his first patent ceiling, which he is about to put up for Dr. Campbell, in Queenstreet, has fallen. Let anyone who is at all curious or interested in the matter try the following experiment: Take a pieca of wire nttting the same as Mr. Blaikie uses and cover it an inch thick with plasterer's mortar and leave it; at the end of six months examine it, and yon will find that the wire is being eaten away. Now, if this process continues, which it will, it is only common sense to arrive at the conclusion that in a short time it will be all eaten away.''