TO THE EDITOR. Sir, — I don't approve of writing letters through the Press, especially anonymous ones, but when a persou is publicly attacked, and untruthfully at that, then I think it time to draw a line. " Com* mon Sense," in his criticism of the Shearers' and Laborers' Union the other night, says I tramped 700 miles through New South Wales in company with my esteemed friend "Bluey." I am well able and not ashamed to carry it twice that distance in the interests of unionism, and I think it more honorable to do that than to take a moonlight flight from i restaurant keeper. "Common Sense" says our chairman is not fit for his posi tion. Mr Avery stated at the meeting that he wished to retire from his office, as he considered a person of more ad* vanced years would be better fitted for the position, but the meeting thought otherwise, for when a show of hands was taken it was a unanimous .one, and if "Common Sense" waa there, then, sir, I consider him a hypocrite in every sense of the word. " Common Sense" ap plauds Mr Boreham, but that gentleman can do plenty of that himself, without I any "Sense" interfering. He now con siders the Union will collapse without its late secretary. Surely not ! If salary, office rent, and numerous travelling ex" penses ire essential to the success of a union, how do other unions flourish who have none of these. No, sir, I appreciate Mr Leslie's sentiments, to adopt the principal of strict economy, and pros perity will dawn again on the Oamaru Shearers' and Laboiers' Union. " Com mon Sense" also says that the meeting was an illegal one. What an assertion for a man to make who signs himself " Common Sense." Why all those men are eligible to vote or speak until the end of this year. They paid up Lvst year and they have until the 31st of December to pay this year's sub scription, but perhaps they won't p^y until Mr Boreham is out of his false position. " Common Sense" says some nonsensical person told the secretary to take the union to Mount Cook. It was Mr Boreham who was nonsensical. 