CORRESPONDENCE CONDENSED.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 9905, 25 November 1893, Page 4

CORRESPONDENCE CONDENSED.

*—.—. [Under this head we acknowledge arid notice the letters of correspondents whose communications RublishedSn ffu " reaSOnS Cannot , William Smellie, under the heading of "A Warning to the Education Board," sends us a long letter expressing surprise that the board wie7- s®el^ fit to reopen the luestion of a school at wyllie s Crossing. Our correspondent enters into the reasons which he believes actuate Messrs »nancl and M Kegg in pressing for the erection of tne school in question, but we think these details are not suited to newspaper correspondence, and should be sent to the board direct. D. Mackellar, replying to "Bush Farmer" contradicts a number of statements made by the latter m his letter published on the 22nd inst S? i 5 i? n Prooeeds : ~" Allow me to point out to i 3, u U?i£ at liwa?I i wa? not 'actuated by zeal on behalf of the inspector.' He is no friend of mine. But I will not stand by and see statements co uncontradicted which I know to be false. It was justice not zeal which prompted me to write at all What actuated Pollock ? He is at present goinjr round the Catlins district with a petition to get Inspector Cross removed ! I will let the reader answer." A. C. Campbell objects to "Anti-Cant's" assumption, in writing of Messrs Fish and Isitt that clergymen ought to be men-pleasers and say smooth things. He considers it tbe business of clergymen to follow their Master and denounce evil, and as to'going about creating strife, fays it is quite right if the case requires it. Christ says (Matthew x, 34): "ThiDk not that lam come to send peace on earth. I come not to send peace but a sword " ; verse 35. "I am come to set a man at variance against his father." And (Luke xii, 49): "I am come to send fire on the earth " Let " Anti-Cmt" read for himself. St Paul says "Haveno fellowship with the works of darkness but rather that we should reprove them." Working Man, Palmerston, sends us a letter covering several pages of foolscap denouncing Mr Scobie Mackenzie's candidature for the Waihemo seat. He raises the good old "squatter" cry— "Fellow men, do you wish the country to be again ruled by squatters and their nominee?" &c—and contrasts with people such as these "the Ministry with which our veteran John is associated," dilates on the legislation introduced by them for the amelioration of the condition of the toilers, and urges the electors of Waihemo to "use every legitimate moans of securing a vote until the numbers go up. You must recognise that it is going to be a very close fight. I would draw your attention to the great interests that are at work to secure Scobie's return. First of all we have tbe large land companies, the squatters, and the moneyed classes. Truly a great combination. But if we are only true to ourselves, our wives, our families, men similarly situated as ourselves, the battle is ours."