The Waiuku Banquet.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 1, Issue 49, 6 December 1912, Page 1

The Waiuku Banquet.

[TO THE EDITOR.] Sir,—W( uli you kirdly allow me space in the colum. s of your paper to ask for a little information about the barquet rec nt!y tendered to the Prime. Mir ister at Waiuku, and also to r2ferer.ee thereto? Who organised the affair, aid why was the extortionate figure of 10s 6d charged for the tickets? On a previous occasion vrl en Mr Massey was banquetted in Waiuku the pr.ee of tickets was 5 , ar.d when a similar function was h Id there in honour of Sir Jos ph "yard, the price was even time ot Mr Massey's pienouii banquet w;s all that could be desired, this unreasonable charge c,f 10s Gi certainly prevented a lot of Mr Massey's frieids snd supporter.! from attending, and I lave spoken to dozens who weie present and the unanimous opit.ii.n is ihat the charge was excessive. Further, there h a Vi.rv general f eling through! ut the district that someone is makirg something out of it—and something pretty substantial, tno. Personally, I do not I elieve the banquet was (iot up hj anyone with a view of making money, bu> undoubtedly such belief exists a great number who w.re ur.se. t, and a s.till greater number who were absent, ihe catering, 1 have beei informed, was done at 4m a head, and to the ordinary individual it appears that there must be a substar.thil surplus. If so, who hes it and what is to De r'o e with it? A hO:t of those who were present ctnsi.er themselves victimised, inasmuch as they lecogrnsed the unusually high price of the tickets, but considering that the banquet was to he held in Mr Massey's honour they did not like staying.away. If somco e will give us a full statement of receipts arc! expenditure, not forgetting also how many complimentary tickets were given, ar.d what is to Le done with ihe surplus, it will go a long way towards removing the very disagreeable feeliny which most uncl.nia.ly exhtr. Ihanki. g you in ei ticipati .r, I am, etc , "A SQUARE DiiAL."