WILSON V WOODROOFE.

Manawatu Times, Volume VIII, Issue 189, 17 February 1883, Page 2

WILSON V WOODROOFE.

TO THE EDITOR. Sib, — In your last, Thursday's paper another letter appears, from Wildon. Ho is highly complirnerv. tary to the Palmerstonians and to myse]f m particular. He rejoices to think that the Palmersionians with all their cunning, will get nothing. Alas for the Bey gentleman ! they were cunning, and stopped his little game ; the pleasure of" a sea voyage at their expense has heen nipped m the bud, and the proffered farewell sermon was never preached. He asserts that he would have paid all if they applied personally. Why '•■ then did he not pay the hard worked shoemaker, when h,e. roused him out of bed at 11.30 p.m. on, the eve of his departure ? "Why did hen.oi. pay the small account to the," Butcher ? Why did he not make gocd the dishonored cheque to the Baker ? Why did he label his luggage m anithjr tna-n's name ?' Why did he walk to Awapuni to get on the- train ? Why did he endeavor to add a time-piece to his personal effects on the eve. of his departure without payment ? Why did he not pay his tailor (Mr Kerslake) instead of allowing him to ride to Foxton'on the Sabbath to make good his loss ? Why was the carter ciatt^oned not to divulge the place where the. ... luggage (falsely labelled} -came from ? Why did he deny that the Bishop had paid him his salary, when asked the question by myself m Wellington ? The foregoing are only a very few of the knotty questions that require answering before he can clear himself of the charge of intending to abscond. I can well afford to pass over all he has said about myself, as I can only treat such as he is with utter contempt. He took my goods without payment, and when leaving he had them sold by auction. He had not the manliness or honesty to request me to take |them back as he : was not m a position to pay for them. I would have done so with | pleasure, and would have put up with any Joss sustained. However I have not done with him yet, as I i intend now to take action for the balance due on the promissory note he has allowed to be dishonored. It is well that he has at last cast off his clerical garb and donned the garments of a layman. Apologising for trespassing on your valuable space. I am &c, G. WOODROOFB. February 10,1883.