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Pahiatua Herald, Volume V, Issue 512, 21 June 1897, Page 4

The Times’ Stratford correspondent tb i writi V most peculiar ptiu i- in eh ireli ’ ,I’ti-i Ims cropped up hi i . Early lust l> ci mber the niini-ter of one of our churches reminded his tinam committee that hi r, :,lly require,! n portion of his over, 1 1 u stipend. The two of the Coiuliiiiti ii who attend' d to such matters dr, w a cheque for 415 and duly i -ni il it. Now the m-mil custnin wu i to pay am h cheque into ihe rev. gnutleman’s hanking account hut on this occasion this was not dene. The principal drawer of the cheque says he gave thech que into the iiiiuisti r’s hands on the morning of the day of the general election. Ttie minister solemnly declares he never received the said chequa. An investigation at the hank t hows that ti e said cheque was duly converted into hard cash on Dcciiiiher lth. hut by whom the hunk officials cannot recollect. Tinease stands thus; The eliurch finance folk declare hard and fir,; Hint they gave the ikrqN to the minister. The minister declares i-i Imi 11 \ ! ard ii till fast that he never received it. Hence there is trouble in that church, anil a meeting of the parishioners will ha held this wet-K to discuss the knotty problem. We didn’t think the Jubilee would pass over without the conundrum man rearing on his hind legs. Here he is :—“ Why is Kngluml the meanest country under the sun 2 Because she hasn’t changed a Sovereign fur sixty years.