The Bumped Bumps Bounces Back

NZ Truth, Issue 509, 20 March 1915, Page 6

The Bumped Bumps Bounces Back

Maguire Mystifies his Merry Men. (From "Truth's" Dunedin Rep.)\. Some weeks back "Truth" had several lengthy pars dealing with the complications that had arisen between Mr.? W. E. J. Maguire and the carters, jit Kwas shown then that the philosopher..'., i can, with the very greatest of ease, haul-,..., the numbskulls hither and thither,as. -rj he pleases. But the following .Jittlfs ">; items, while disclosing the capabilities, lof the Maguire, which no one can quesV ■; tion m certain obvious, directions,. a* the same time also^shbw the, caHbrO'.of t the-members of the most guileless union lin Dunedin. •■ : ..- . In the first place, W.E.J. got placed • on the little, jerky bed for contempt, v but he did most of the stunt m the hos- - . pitai. While he was doing- his time .^, t the infirmary, his merry men consider-. , : ed it an auspicious time to give. him an opportunity of revisiting his native land— rAustralia. They held a meeting, ayery quiet' meeting, which at-"* tended by thirty members. ThVmotloll '•' to shake off the philosopher' was. promptly put, and twenty-eight voted'' 1 for expulsion and two to retain his ser-?' : vices. _One of the latter two intimated that thY Maguire should-be given aii opportunity to explain, but the voting, as shown, settled'this. It was'decided to give Maguire a month's notice and the £12 he had previously "required; 1 Applications for the position of secre- , tary were to be'called for, and it'^s''"• further decided that no one should 'bo ' eligible for the position unless he wris3a ;< carter. ( • ' ' ••■•'■• • ,"'"■■";- The Thursday following Maguire's-; ' discharge, the following little advt"ap- '" peared m the "Star" informing 1 Hho ' Dunedin drivers of what was In the wind: *': -"' "-•■••-■