ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 708, 24 June 1878, Page 2

ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

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IX MEMOI.MAM - JAM.KS M.-NAH.

TO TUB EDITOR OK TiJE KVE.N'IXO' MAIL. Stu, —A b- tier merited word •' pi;:-. l'-ni that nUeiMuee to b "' .- "(•'.■ i e.d " in y: ;ir coni'empoi'ary's e .!:.,.i,: of this iniiniiii';'.M'.nc!iiiiL r ih.- tiit-ui<n-\- c.■ niir hue respected chiKcn—Air. Janie.Af'Jsab—ctiuiii nut well nave been bellowed. V»"ii."i him anot 1 '?!* of the old ]:ui'"' m.-oks h,;s disappeared—in ir.in wo monri. the loss uf ;i mm who=e innvo'' and whose :.,f.'.;iolnni!Tlt to tin; iid.e!'';3 : .S of his eh:;: •v-.-lv is. s> end nature. To improve );"■•. I'm kindly ami irnti.n:! rem;; ks of "A Fvi nl " .vould bo as futile e:< her as t' •i dine o: tvliiied yoid <>r t.*:o n-iinr in _, /he ]v.y, and thfr- fore 1 forfie, - f:om tlic a'lemor. I s'.i: :1 merely <■ li'■ ■ u!'.' i: iido';e:,ee t • v.i- s ■ di , L; t i- ■■ ■.,-,■ ■if tri;i', ar'■-. h • ' i- ■-f eirpio -.-Co,'. » ..>■ !.■: >n ])r>..r. :;-i ; ■■ -s.> r.-i.. o -.- f.-oio rids rC 111/' i CO'.! .„ ih s-' v. ao.ifl m:ov. . v.dei'-' Ihe wicked 1:1*1.' fi'"' ! ii'iiid.ii::.;. and the wear.' are at roai. -1 a.:o eVe. p. si:.

WHAT TS BEST FOR. TIP? AIA-TO--IIITY IS BEST FOil ALL. I'O THE EPITOIt OF TJ!E EVJCNLW MAIL. Siu, —That the commercial advance i.>i fliis town is due to its oreut agriculnira! : itiTeStS is iIH Undoubted f-.tjt, iHH.I i?. oroved—First, by the eousaaictiou of the iSreakwater ; and, second, by the e.\.-e:v .-iou ni" Hi!_• rail.vay system. To gave eii'. e fo tli:-'. ii-utii. tin; recent action if .'■•■•, '.Vas-o Lmls Board in opctiiav ip !' : -'OL' acres of H j Hon. 11. Campbell's Oekailc ; mi, comes forward as :i herald of the good days to come —:in invitation, to oiu small capitalist and our saving workin- : men to make a home for themselves an-, their children. This is the beginning oi ■ i libera] policy fr-v JSortii Otago, and perhaps one of the surest methods of est a i'lishir.g good faith hot we en the p: <)':■ and the jm.s. lit Admi:i;.Hration. "Wid;L. i,•■ io next five years one may lake a. lielce' from the Oamarr. Station to this new !i' i ' of labour ; he may then lie driven by tie-never-tiring sieum horse ever the M at ;■ .: ••ml the!-co up the fertile Hakatei'am Valiey. Perhaps it is in aii<ic:pa.Hoi> o ra.is lha.t the President of t'ue Ota Agrieuhural and Pastoral wishes to obtain a larger f a- thyearly shows of thaf AssoeesHon, or 1r may entertain a wish to promote H>advance of our agricultural int. ivst.s ! ■ obtaining for Waitaki County, at Oamari:. :;n interc denial agricultural sh"w. J may have rime to ja.-tty many act .'hieit iiave been, and ever will be, • cabd by the ma-sos. Take, for ins'anc . .'■...- a'ieeaH, o of Hie Kspboiade to t.i -oe.rh ;■* He iagnnn for Harbor ft iard an ; :■■.;;!■■■■•ay oiirpos s, to the north ;or H--:!suorks a..d Pu -be Re's -i le uroun.'.'' Living i.e. n de-ig-e ■■;, I. buiiew, for pnbiic i-ecreat.ion ; it is, hov.ever. much improved by its present occupation, p-i----j.aps if the whul.- of the views of He Hon. M. Hobiies were given to the pubee they would find ample cause to jus;.fy a. change which ought to be for Hie better.— Yours, &c, CoßNCcoriA.

to the Enrr-,ii <»•' ijj;: kvkm .;.; :.r\ir.. Sin, —Permit me to ca'i .v..;i-i:'--e. through the columns of vonr v-io r to :i .-Me of things that should not be allowed :■ ■<< unnoticed. The lS';;:ip;tni. train crosses through the townshhi in the immediate vicinity of the school, just at t:.e time that the scholar-- ■•!.;■■■ :..--,-: u.thing, ui-Miy of whom have to cross the line. Nov, this morning, find at a great many other times, the driver has not taken the troiihle to snim:! the whistle. I wish to know if this is a thins; that should be allowed to go unnoticed. It will not be the time to point out the danger when some of our little onts are run over. The railway authorities are strict enough in e7ifo-.ciug their r"l< ° upon the pul-hc; and 1 think some consideration shouhi be slio" n t',> li;.' peiihc in return. It would surely not he nmcli trouble to the driver to sound the wh :s;ie in time to warn everyone of its coining. Thanking you for the space afforded me— I am, &c. Matkr. UTeaneraki, June 19.