CORRESPONDENCE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10124, 6 May 1896, Page 6

CORRESPONDENCE.

-& —<*- ~ - " THE BLINJRECEn I THEIR SIGHT 1 THE E [TOR. SIB,— « propbiy ianc known to many of your readers n t Sur ay last was a redletter dw-ravetible csis-in the expertence and nwtoryf ho: ands of our fellow creatures who rtuo e l y are nnderD i n a hie-long, sentei* 0 carceration in that dark cell from w&h tl re will be no release till the night pass,, tn , :loud? lift, the dawn appears, and the wo,; Mealed takes in the effulgence of an efoAoon-the more brilliant, because of it opine prelude. I refer to the for| e 4 anniversary o that special Day of Thriving on the part of the blind and the r fnanifold friends, for those inestimable Mfits which were seized by Dr. Moon as truths of science, and in his alchemy of lovefesenied in thousands of volumes to th*fflicted and Bafferinj. blind. No lete in 476 languages and dialects had to le pfcsed into the service in order to wry tht fgess of blessing to those who so sore, neSl succour and illuminl lion in the darUtpths of their previously unfathomed gioo| The literature in the " Moon Type" coaise?, •■> addition to the Bible, 81 volume! reh'gioii3 works. 76 0 biography, 62 of fes and anecc ,tea, f>j of ooetry. «7 upon sfitific and general =-i

jects, etc., also olboks on the wbii-n? science of astrononsso that this clan can now scale the heavfiand verify by science and observation tfi remarkable truth of Revelation : " Theri one glory of the sun, another of the mo« and anothtr of the stars." jS I may be reminl that the "Mood Type" has long sincejn superseded. Tois is so, bat the blind Kike many who have risen from obscurity flame and eminent;, and have then kickaaway the ladder by which their ascent wimade) are not at all like.lv to ignore thfiirfcob's ladder which, thanKs to Dr. Moonis placed by him in position; and althoiijits base was surrounded by clouds, its] limit was bathed in serene sunlight. Yajrday's anniversary demonstrates how deal they love the man who illumined and < neered them from earth to heaven. Aliugh tbey now, by using the powerful logiotive invented by Braille, ride in sump&us carriages, they never forget the old 'age coach service initiated by good Dr. lon. Thousands of the blind "-ere picket jp by the roadside, and over rough place md crooked paths conducted in comfort a joy to a region of luxury and independent I am pleased that ! ! Auckland Banjo, Guitar, and Mandolin ! b have determined to give one of their p id performances iu aid of the blind on Maay next, 11th inst., at the City Hall, an<|m certain a large house will assemble t&auquet their seus« and further aid in hfing this deserving class.—l am, etc., J Jxo. Ab&.ptt. Hurstmere, 4th Mavp96. WAIRANGI GOLITROSPECTLNG TO tup. Ytor, Sir,—ln Saturday's Leald appeared & paragraphfrom your Wai; igi correspondent, stating that future open >ns in connection with our gold mining wo 1 not warrant the expenditure of any mor< apital. Such is not the case, as we ha had from built assays returns averaging om £1 lis 4d |.?r ton to £7 3s. and from spi mens we have got as high as £636 per ton im a reef of large extent. We are now in I aty with an iu3uential Loudon firm to fl t our property on the Loudon market. —I a , etc., Mayo, 1896. Aliasdep. Mcßab LAND BOARIiNQUIRY. TO THE TOR. Sib,—l entirely agreeJith the portion of your sub-leader under he above heading, which appeared in yo yesterday's issue, when you say in e'ffe that the' pioneer settlers who took up la I some years ago in the wilds of Awakino i serve every possible consideration at the 1 nds of the Government; and only persoi like myself, whe have visited the settloent. can form any adequate idea of the dijcnlties the pioneers had to encounter, J affords me very great pleasure to stall that mv old and esteemed friend, Mr John Elliott, was practically the fathtf of settlement in the Awakino, and ha from its iuception worked most assidadsly to further* the interests of the iutreJd band of men who left the centres of cillisation to carve out new homes in the Awiino wilderness. Ido not intend here to del with the case the Land Board has been adjudicating upon at its recent sittings in New Plymouth, and in that connection will mly say that I rejoice at the result, knowfcg the whole circumstances of the case. Ton, however, have unintentionally fallen into * mistake when you say tiat " M-. Elliott wis a candidate for a seat a Parliament at the last general election apina the Government candidate," and a 'so when you infer that every man that his been annoyed was not according to Ministerialist notion of sound Liberal politics. was not a candidate at the last genera election, and he has over and oyer again irformed me that at the l?3t election he was > 0 absorbed in his desire to further the invest of the Awakino settlers as to cause hin to take little or no interest in the Tarandci contest. This is accentuated by the fa* that Mr. E. M. Smith, the sitting member f<r Taranaki in the Government interest, asled me on his behalf to do my very utmost f-> Mr. Elliott in conaectiot with his Awakim troubles, all of which appears to have emanated from a source outside the Government. I had the honour cl being to a large extent instrumental in settling or* of the biggest difficulties in connection 'herewith,' for which 1 received the written thanks of Mr. Smiih, and had the pleasure of conveying to the Minister of Lands a letter from Mr. Elliott expressive of his high appreciation aud deep gratitude for the generous treatment he hid received from the Minister and from the Lands Department.-! are, etc., F. La wry. Ellerslie, May 5, 1&96. [It was at the previous election for New Plymouth that Mr. Elliot stood against 6 Government cardidate.— Ed.]

GAME. TO THE EDITOR.

Sir,—ln your issue of May Ist. "Conntrj Settler" raves in an insane, unmanlv way, taking as his text ihe protection of game. He rails at the pheasants for damaging his crops, but in the same paltry spirit which characterises his letter, neglects to give th< birds credit for that to which they am fairly entitled, viz., helping to rid the land of much noxious insect lite. Few, even amongst the pheasants' stoutest champions, realise the amount nt good done by these birds. Let the incredulous and those who are ever ready to condemn the pheasants for their destructiveness, turn to Mr. Tegetmeir's well-known and estimable work, page 4. Mr. Tegetmeir instances the extreme usefulness of the pheasant; as an insect exterminator. Speaking" of certain birds lid has examined, he says: " One pheasant in 1 in its crop 7'2b' win worms, and another 440 grubs of the ertiuc fly." " Country Settler' 1 complains thai he is prevented from shooting for sale, except by paying £3 for a selling license. Perils.! s potting would better describe his modus operandi than shooting, which term is usually taken to imply a fair and sportsmanlike way of bagging gamn. It would need a great stretch of imagination to picture the writer of such a letter "downing" his birds in a legitimate way. Either potting from behind a fence or stupefying with drugged grain, would probably be more in his style. Pheasants are, as everyone competent to judge knows, fast decreasing. Surely such noble birds, which do so much good, and provide so much healthy sport to many, are entitled to Borne consideration at the hands of our legislators. Unless a selling license be imposed, total extinction is only a matter of a short time. It is in the last portion of his letter, however, that "Country Settler"gives us the best taste of his true quality, and he fairly sarpasses himself as an originator of humane and sportsmanlike ideas !— am, etc., Live and Let LrvE.