MAYORS IN A MUDDLE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 118, 6 September 1876, Page 3

MAYORS IN A MUDDLE.

Afwpoi* of ttlW Cork electron (say* the Howlon correspondent of the L>jttrfkm tmwit)y t heart! in Ireland some month* ngo * charming story aboiitt one of the candidates.. The gentleman was at! the tiino Mayor of Cork, and it showld be premised thab he is slightly lame. iMring the term «f hi» mayoralty a race fame oflf on- tliu River Lea between boat elrabs Winging fcc> the historical and rival cifcie* uflimuriufc and Cork. Limerick www the iliiy,,aa(l tremendotts excitement raged tn tiiu ©f the cities, l/rartng it&liuight a. telegram reached the Mayor oftVk, couched in the following terms : "Tour limerick crew beat tt» to-day; hit for the honor of Cork I hereby ctiallougo yovt fwv a stake of £SO to row a liiommvftt mite on the river' Lea/" Now, tile Mayor of Limerick had only one arm, ami seeing in thi» message from hiaeotrtsin of fork a deliberate insvdt, he, remembering that the Mayor of Cork was: not wmplote in the- matter of hgs. fwrtottsty pwumd a telegram to> th-i* effect::—" Jf j'owwant t©> avenge yonr disgraceful beating: fco-ttay,, | will hop yon *>*er Welesfey Bridge for SAW" The Mayor of Corfc, it need hardly be said r was perfectly initnuunt and absolutely ignorant of the 'lespivtuh of the- first telegram, and recognising m thi* message from Limerick, the addition of instt.it to injnry done- to the % of which he was- chief magistrate by tlio ilt-fottane of the Cork oars, hegratiW himself by informing, the Mayor of "inieviufc per telegraph that he was "a rowttwMy spalpeen. r The- correspondence ifi\» mbseqnently continued hy solicitor* "f tile respective Mayors', and took several ilftys to' reach an amicable conelasion.