Original Correspondence.

Taranaki Herald, Volume II, Issue 65, 26 October 1853, Page 3

Original Correspondence.

10 TUB KDITDK OF rilK "niUNAKI FlllUl.ll" bill,— lll answer to h letter in jmir lu>i i,mi. , • igiu'd W, on the subj ct of iliu preneni pru > i I Timber, in referring to ihe price <>l J ,n. .mil ' ,». buiird btiog clinrgtil i ln; ■hiiii'ii* 1 inch , | lc . is un able lo dmy that this it noi Ilic/rule m other |>.in, of New Zealand. I nuu d ask him, preMiiniiiK 1>« in a rirpvii .r< wlictli<r he lim not frti]ucnt)y some joba ih v |„y him belter than olllcra ; or, supposing ho «;b culltd upon locslimutc fur I lie crcclloi. ul .i Iniiiiling, »»U nun required lo |;ive a price per mj i*i, , hi> employer might S'iy, • Now, your jine.. i> m> and bu per nqiiare, ana if y.m imii dv iliu |..ut »( tiic building in that piicc, )<m euii surriy do another, where less labour is r quired, lvi Usb monej ?' Tins it the nay your corrciiondent reasons — bccuuie he .-.ays y.m can ulTord to leli liouril one ihickucii ut lit. you can cutely fell thinner buurtl ul n lorn price. Now, air, of cuurte in fixing a price for timber the i»*joM ;ook all mlr.iiu i ( ;ca into coimduanon, mid ilnt aceniini; diicrepanuy is v mere (lui'alion of price on the whole. Wuh reference to the prico of lodging, W. irouiM DC CMifiiring a luiting b>'iir(il on this tnwyci s i>i New I'lyiiiGUih/and eliewuerd by divulging tininelhoU by which he united .it the cott per loot as he piofcxiLi to huve done. On reference to the papula it mil be sum tlut tioiber hcru v clieapir than in nil} other part of New Zealand, although it undoubtedly ii the vront place for anwing. W. aaya present prices and unpply rctird building excieJin^ly ; but it v n question that unly un impartial uud disinterested public can decide, wheilicr or not die blame rcala more: with the cur* petiter than the antricr, and lliul lua reiimdta me neither jut'ifiobl* or fair to t,lie hiirdcit woiking clii'S in the colon), X