RATING ON UNIMPROVED VALUES.

Temuka Leader, Issue 5540, 23 July 1907, Page 3

RATING ON UNIMPROVED VALUES.

pm the hiliuir). .Sir,—H i • very ilnlic.ull to cope wnn die illusion of scribblers. Air. Laslilic -a\s he him n.-ver written under a [i.iliiie, iMt «cs now ledges, hav- ■ uo.w so over one. His uUcmpt at sa'iari nes oiuy i>. ; trays In ’ ignorance ot l-.ngle-h. lie h.ei Pic Her go io school tl ,. alli r His as-'Ci'l ion that his iio.u Pe plume is known from one cuu id ilie eleetorule to the oilier s uuoluer extra ruga at assert ion, as .1 ‘tor u" L ' do not Umov his nom de plume loan ifie missing liiiK. Mr. l-nshlie s_ pel subject is so iuseparaidy bound up wuh -himself that one caanoi help dealing with both. In his hmg lugmr rious elfusions be docs not even attempt u> answer my argument’, and i ask \ uiic readers to ju Ige ins hatticiaation for themselves. Air. Lasidie s prolerredsgservices will no doubt meet tho same rowaild as in the past. One thing strikes me as very suggo--di>< Mr Laslilic has been in Temutia tor a considerable time, and notwillisUmdiug Its scribbling -he has ac er 1 1 led this poor man s bog \ until he had purchased a tiou, and decided to baud a small mansion, Mr. Lushlu; s ich.uiu. to Llio matter of the XiObd, etc., is > aemanation of a warped mind, and mm no direct bearing upon our case. O.lrm 1 , (I, .- I- i,.j, pis e,ml,lined in mvTttß letter I shall deal "Hh “im as* the case deserves. Mmiuohdo I warn the poorer qliasses n thev au not on tho qui vivo, Mr. Lashhc the pretentious friend of the pooi-wi.l create a burden under which they ill sink and groan.—t am, etc;.. RATRI’AVLR EAsl.