The Ohinemuri Gazette AND UPPER THAMES WARDEN. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1891.

Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume 1, Issue 2, 26 December 1891, Page 4

The Ohinemuri Gazette AND UPPER THAMES WARDEN.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1891.

' -I'will a round wivirvkKd tale deliver." — OIMT' fcLO . \oj 1, ScailftS.

■" The usual monthly contribution from " Ohinemuri County 'Council was ~re- " eeiveu by the Thames and Ceo " mnnlel Charitable Aid Board la.-t "evening." This is an interesting dub of news which appears once a month in the Thames .papers; ■ There ia an eternal mystery attached to all things, fiom the springing of a blade <vf grass to the d'etre nf snakes ■but; why, oh why. do the Chairman, -.■Councillors, and inhabitants of the County of Ohinemuri have to negotiate monthly with the B.N.Z. for an overdraff, a portion of which has by law to go into the coffers of the Oliaritable Aid Board f<«r what wa don't want,' never asked for, an I have not received. There is not a single person in' ihis County which receives Charitable Aid, and-;the oiiiy reason for our thus being', blackmailed that can be adduced is* iha'tof that Anti-Bible and Anti-Beer K.C.M:€r. SirKube»t S'out.who when h« )fithered the Hospital and Charitable Aid. ?Bill, -stated 'that the indigent, poor from the country always gravitated'towards the town. Now we distinctly assert--that'the very opposite' is what is the matter with this district. It is the indigent -poor from the to.wns who.find their way, not in single ppies but in battalions to our gates. How I m-iny a frowsy sway;smfin and'battered old tough "wi-h his tongue hanging out like a dog under a waggon has re-, quested us to "save a life," and Ws speedily converted our "hard-earuVd bob into the lung beer of eommetcß. Is there a housewife on the main road in this district who haa'-not been re<juire<3 legions of times to haad over a

large chunk of her fresh pie to the gentle tiamp with tho cross-eye .who required sustenance while "fleeing from Sergeant Gillies, and who was eventually ottered the key of the Fieroa bridge by pur own Constable A.J. No Sir, we are a generous people wish a snort parse, end if in the dim and happy past we have parted with our; coat, we won't interpret our New Teatamont; so literally as to hand over our cloak also. "The bearings of this 'ere hobservation appears in the happli-Ccttion-thereof," and so we recomoiend our, representative in Parliament, Col. Fraser, and also our districts good friend, the Hon. Mr Cudman, to enquire into this m^ttei and to have the law amended in that we may be able to look after-our own paupers.