CORRESPONDENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 181, 18 November 1876, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

\Ye wi3h it to be most distinctly understood that wi are not responsible for the opinions expressed byo« correspondents. J

TO THE EDITOR OF THE EVENINCfcvMAIL. Sir, —Without supposing that any ordinary person could fathom the reasons that actuate such an august body as our Town Council, allow an outsider to draw a comparison between the action of the Council with regard to Grave's dam a few weeki ago, and their behaviour to Lees and Moore this week. A short time ago the Engineer to the Corporation reported that Grave's new dam was on the point of bursting and doing immense damage—say £20,000. Mr. Grave is politely requested to have an interview with the Council; and that body expresses itself satisfied with his explanation about the rotten dam, This week Lees and'. Moore are found cutting a race that (after altering the figures and making the worst of it) might coat £SOO the Engineer says. Now, allowing for the benefit to the town, if the Council Chambers and all its occupants had been washed away, there still remains avast difference in the comparative damageß, But Lees and Moore are not requested to have an interview, but are peremptorily ordered to cease ■work under penalty of an injunction in the Supreme Court. A reason for this favoritism is due to the public; and Mr. Grave should have justice, and only justice, in everything, from building unsafe dams, down to selling rafts and getting first prizes for corn that is higher than his competitor's. On the other hand, justice, and full justice, should be done to Lees and Moore, and all who do not happen to be favorites with the Town Council. I am, &c. Outsider.