ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13916, 29 May 1909, Page 5

ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL.

The'.Harbour Hoard yesterday had an unpleasant quarter of an hour while an old feeling of irritation between a member, aud the secretary was being cauterised by public exposure. Mr Rolleston was undoubtedly right in expressing disapproval of the matter being - brought before the Board as a Board: someone should have moved curlier that the dirty linen be washed in'committee. In public or in com-

mittce, however, it should be clone, and if Mr Bollcston meant by Lis reported remark that tho members did not want to hear the wrangling at all, we can only express surprise. If it is the Board's duty to protect its servants, and this duty lias often been asserted by its chairman, it is most certainly its duty to protect them, if necessary, against unfair pressure, attempted tyranny, or abuse by any individual member. On the other hand, if a complaint is made against a servant, that should bo inquired into with equally rigid attention to justice for the complainant. It seems o:i the face of the statements made thai; MY Turnbull put himself in the wrong, in the most important case, of the Elsa and Langton Grange, by assuming that the secretary is law-maker as well as collector of dues. It is a pity that the row should have occurred: but the breeze yesterday has probably cleared the air for good.