Condensed Correspondence.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 341, 22 August 1889, Page 2

Condensed Correspondence.

11 Tarihana ” writes expressing himself highly pleased, and fully agreeing with ths remarks of 11 A Breeder," in relation to horsebreeding, and he thinks that it would be a good thing to start a company for the purpose ot getting a thoroughly good animal imported into the district. " It,” remarks our correspondent, 11 individuals can make a paying thing out of animals that are certainly not suited to the district, why should not a sort of co-operative company do exceedingly well out of such a speculation, to say nothing of the better quality of etook that would be propagated in the district ? I would suggest that Bay about ten persons who are interested in this matter should join together and form a guarantee fund for the purpose. If the names of those persons were good a stallion might be got on easy terms, and, barring risks, go a long way towards paying for itself this season,”

“ Sandy " writes: —Sir,—As thera is so much doubt in our minds about the breakwater, and as the Engineer still appears to claim that he is not a failure—although anyone oan see that so far the work is—how would it do to get one or two competent local men to' report on the subject ? Ido not mean that they should report os' to’ whether the work is or is not, will be or will not be, a failure, but just simply as to whether, all circumstances being considered and fair allowance being made, the Engineer has up to the present carried out the work in the way that the ratepayers were led to believe that he would, I think Captain Winter and one or two other reliable and trustworthy men, whose word would bs accepted as being beyond a doubt, could be induced to act in the matter, seeing the large interest at stake. It such men decided that Mr Thomson has not failed in any way, I would at once say let us drop all further talk about ths matter, and leave the Engineer go on with his work, untrammelled by any interference. If they were to decide in an opposite way, thsn let us have the work stopped at once, and conserve wbat little money we have got, In the course ot a long letter wffioh is mainly composed of a history of harbor affairs that is quite fresh in the minds of our readers, without being once more repeated, " Oonqrete Blockhead” wants to know whether rhe proposed training wall makes any provision for wharf accommodation. In reply we can State on the authority of the Engineer that it does not do so. ffic Thomson states bi| plan proposed to do the work as cheaply at possible, and we believe the Mine also applies to ” the Orphan ” (as one correspondent has tamed the second plan).