THE MACKENZIE RUNS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14278, 19 August 1910, Page 7

THE MACKENZIE RUNS.

.To the F'-ditor of the "Timaru Herald.'' | Sir,—ln your issue of 9th inst is one lof Mr Outline's characteristic letters, iiu which he refers to my criticism in | connection with above subject, a.s bc- ; ing spiteful, etc. Abuse is no arguI ment, nor does it answer the perti- : he'nt questions involved in my letter, ] every item and inference of which had | facts as a foundation as well as structure and it is no use Mr Guthrie evading 1 the fact. Knowing the count-rv 1 ■referred to better than Air Guthrie himself, his invitation at the close of ; his letter is naturally unavailed of. Hut , in support of iny contention, re iiu-'m--1 sistency, Mr Guthrie's statement of .facts, only substantiates my criticism. ! Has he not advocated closer settlement ■ as a panacea for all the natural draw- '• backs and heavy losses incidental to such country, and now be would have us believe that when he actually recommended the letting of certain*runs m larger areas than did either of his .colleagues on the official Commission, there are nineteen abandoned homesteads on eleven runs. Comment is needless. As you remarked the other day, there surely has been enough written on this subject. 1 for one will riimoil. remaining though perhaps a nor" entity,— I am, etc., "B.P. AND RHOD-A-MAN-THUS "