CORRESPONDENCE.

Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume I, Issue 40, 17 September 1892, Page 11

CORRESPONDENCE.

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TOTHB EDITOR. Sib, —1 have received two Tetters from Colonel Fraser to say that there was no Codliu Jtloth Act before the Parliament, up to September 6th, and that it is rioW too late to get any bill of the kind passed through the Houra this session. I am also informed that the Government Codlin Moth Bill will not pass' this session. So, if that be the case, Mr Thorp's petition will not be necessary, and the Ohinemuri people need hare no"mttfe fears of the inspector than thej-O^bt to hare of Mr A. T.s codlin moth that lays 10,000 eggs. <Q.: Was it daily or altogeUier^) A telegram from the Minister of Agriculture says that tbe Noxious Weeds Act is ia progess, and asks which months are best to compel the cutting of briars, goree, etc. ' The answer given toy the writer is Norember and Decem%er for briars, bat that gorse is in flower •exactly wkea theyoang ladies like to be (kissed, which is *11 the year round.—: Tours, etc., , . - ,",-..- . BrAuiH Wight. 1

tones bwtob. Sir,—As lam a Totara ratepayer, I protest against the mantier-m-jrhich the Thames County Cooncil Is ireating the Tiding I reside in. They thiuk that 1 "fihey «■* treat as as they like. I would *like to ask them per favour of yonr "ooltnns, what fan %een done with the 45125Q on the schedule of the Joan money jfor >ihe absurd item, Thames River U ythangamttta(cutting and forming/f The way that the County Council insulted 'one of oar most respectable residents is -a disgrace to any body df men, and I 'trnst that the Totara' people will-rise, -against the tyranny imposed a^pbn tbem. -•-Fours, etc., '; "-' '}[* [A '. Totara Ratepateti.