CO-OPERATION AT WANGAREI.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXII, Issue 5709, 10 January 1876, Page 3

CO-OPERATION AT WANGAREI.

To the Edito* : Sii, — I am not in the habit of lushing into punt, neither do I think it .uUmble to do so foi every little misstatemont a LOiieij)Oinlcnt m.iy think fit to send you about tin- locality ; but may I ask the favour of a little space in yoiu jomnal to leply to his misleading lemaiks 1 expecting the " VTangaiei Coopeiative Society t; " "Whatever salary the late manager leceivecl was mutually agreed upon l>y him and the committee. But I fail to see wheie the injustice lies. If the manager only lecuved a l.iboiuei's wages ho found it a much tMsioi wiy of c\inmg those wastes than •i-> a faiin-labouiei, .ind lecently when offeied an incieibc of sal uy v«ith the stipulation that he v, i^ to gi\u up all his commissions he ictii.eil the tenns of the committee. If the business was so small for some time .is to require such "fosteung cue ' (which it did), whftio \> as the woik li'ipuie t to he doni wl.iehyour coiu'sjiondunt makes so much of ; .mil I should like to know who poi foimed that -when the late niaiiagci w,b fm[uuit!} iishing, or painting, 01 retailing his boat, Lc, during business houis. Yoiu couespondent knows well enough that, except when any of the vessels aie in, thero is reiy little business doing in Wangaiei; and I believe the books of the (Jo opeiative will show that fiequently the whole business of a day could e isily be got through in a couple of hours and sometimes much less. Then where is the immense amount ofwoik? As to jour coirehpondont'ic omp nisonhotwoi'n tho lpmunoration of the late manager, and societal y, and tieasiuoi, it is woise than odious. It 13 altogether onesided, and is evidently written to mislead. Had he said they had received £15 eichfoi o\er four je.us sei vices, he would ha\e stitod tlic ti.'tli, and nothuig but t'.io tiutli. Wh ite\ 01 liii'iuiu'i ition fie tie isiuoi and spciet.uj lccciM 1 i-.\ote.l by the sh ueliolders in gonc.tl meeting, md if the ihaieholdcis think iht -.o olliccis entitled to even a largei loniiu'ciation than the managti tliey aie at libcity to \ote it without then nction being cilled in ipiestion bj anyone who has nevei i used his h mil oi voice against it. So f.n fiom the sccietaiy and tie. 1 surer being paid foi their sei\icef, the giatuities voted weio not .'s ]i.iyinent foi sciwccs londced but only as a slight acknowledgement foi the time and tiouble bestowed m the mteiest of the aociety. - I mi, kc , SHV1U IIOLI»LR.