The Ohinemuri Gazette AND UPPER THAMES WARDEN. "I will a round unvarnish'd tale deliver.' -Othello, Act 1, Scene 3 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1892.

Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume I, Issue 51, 3 December 1892, Page 6

The Ohinemuri Gazette AND UPPER THAMES WARDEN. "I will a round unvarnish'd tale deliver.' -Othello, Act 1, Scene 3 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1892.

Thai ott q/ioied poly murous and^tHoundant mountain which ha* suffered' many iunle and absurd acuouche-< em* lately was agnin, after some thunderous tfcioos, nil Ihufwtoy afternoon last nHst, at the Couicil Chambers', Paeroi, safely delivered of the absurdist and! most pathetic little stillborn- mvi ridi tuhis evor Bired by that eenil™t of creations «elf-styled The Ohinmun Vigil mcc 0 •mnsittee. This molluscous and va^ue "handful of private citizens" of which we we sotnetimHS tempted to think as of Sairev. Gamp's friend Mrs 'Arris «We d.ih't believe there ain't no sich a party/* (except for these occas-, oional piteous cvi lences of its existence), —thi*gruesome incarnation'of Moses' description- ,of ■ ohfios " without form and void"—this Anoient Older of Oddfellows mindtui of unsuccesful elections;. chHffrined at loss of billets they could not fill^. mortified over defeated *ehemeß,7 enrage«i at their ? own inifv potence, stewed in their own juice,;,— th»iy have arisen la their might and taken a truly t^trihie revenge. Thfjy have got upa P»ti ion ! L Squirm I ye Ouuiicillors, Writhel yc>u J who are desirous of goo^i roads.; Wriggle Iye ratepayers, { 3 Shrivel I ye uiinet s. Trembl«! yejprospectors ! for Nemesis ppproacheth ! And rtbe PRTITB )H ?(l*rgp)<B*p!ii please)* what is it. about pleas^f?! Oh !ij xhjsc^.nm fWe^re; stuck. It'occiipies siir ■«neewi of'J'fiiolMrtp-^a 1. hap^ySchoice oi paper— is" Jsigned by ti6m+>2li:per»6nfl,; about; half :of whom' are defaulters, alnd one of whom!: owns the Oouiity iii rates.£33. lt« 3d ; '»rho>swhose ;ra»,es,amount; to 3d ;p«i; Hnnum when paid, atr aIK -and.,*; ournherj «?hi>xe nnmaa aro not and never w^ve on theCounty rulLat-iill. Itwas "conceived by tpurlpßrsons, who ; met in- a { back room' mi Pueroa ; on Tuesday eveiiing: last 1— j four evangelists with healing on. their wings—four persons .who h*te< on^ aubf her most cor.) ialiy—ffur dogml tiu 1 ppagrnatic-, indiy-iduals- who are -as! eap'-ble of mukiij^r as nice a mess of anyihing they put their hands > t»,. as ,auv,"fo'ur. we know betweeni, this and the Whau—-and was hawkbdrQuudby ;

hree of them —just the number of theoriginal tailors —from door to door* O. ot about' 2<jO latepayers asked to «ign only seventeen agreed, and fhtvt • i^ifttures *ere chiefly obtained a to Piciures-que Atlas. The gist aud e-sence of the petition is that the proceedings regarding the £6000 loan be postponed uniii the daiaulters have time to scrape up their arrears of r»te.s, cut up theit mortgaged land into bogus allotments, puichase sufficient miuers' rights to distribute among, uatives to c,he«t the honafide miner out of his birthright, so that by dodging aud chicanery they may sneak intopower. The low in regard' to t&e loan is on© of the grandest Liberal Statutes New Z alUnd has. The people hate all the voice. They a»e aole to discuss the-umt'-er at ttie public meetings, which have to be held--in eaih riding, and: they have the right of assenting or diwjentin;? at tb> ballot box a» reason* guides th^m. If there are people' mean or fo«'lkh- enou-ih- to- he in arrears with thmr rares, well it is their owu tiotible. The urgent retirementsof thl^ rapidly extending County arenot to> be paralysed ior twelve or • fifteen months because sume obscure person l>as '-fo-gotteu to p-y. his rates."' R^Hds we wuut and- rodda we must have. The galdßeldo are, out sheet anrhor and their every wantshould be supplied. Ordinary ,r*»veuue will-not suffice to oover ex'raordindiy demandsauii ho th« lo«n sclieuie— a very simple piece of- finance—is brought for»«rdi ;in bider that the oommeroe of the County, mny be easily and, more cheaply transacted. It i« usekwa to ar«;ue with tho«e who are against it, {andwio donot number 20 out of 600,,0u the roll. Yuu, canuot, demonstrate the Pto& Asinorum to an inuirite of the Eails- % ood Asylum for Idiots.'M-he loan^ pniceediugs w.ill undoubtedly, beyoi'iß ou with",, aud as oartaiuly carried. to a burcessful issue Us that there 480 reasonable meorundi j women <m. the vJounty rolli We would, advise our renders however to reservetheir jjidgment until they hear the* matter thuioughly/Abated, aud not tosign- «ny petition' even if'it«« acoom-p-tn;ed by copious liß<itious of malt h'quour. They may if they di>sir©> accept the beer, but decline .he peutioa, Msinwhite the fouj Bvangelietshave our bympathy. , •',!',