More Harrowing Experiences.

Observer, Volume X, Issue 607, 16 August 1890, Page 4

More Harrowing Experiences.

KICKING VERSUS SACKING. < +?° ' g0 i t » tlie kick ' used to be a fl y u °nym for getting the sack ; but the terms are not interchangeable in Auckland at the present day. Eor example, Oliver Mays wants to have Edwin Harrow ' kicked,' and Harrow wants to have Mays ' sacked.' If they keep on at this game of cross purposes, they will end by getting badly mixed, as depicted in our illustration. It all started in this wise, or rather unwise :— Harrow attended at last meeting of the Waitemata County Council to present a petition on the subject of the main road at Lake Takapuna. Maya, who is more than the mere recording instrument of the Council, though he is modestly described (though not so modestly salaried) as clerk, took speech in hand, and objected to Harrowbeing heard, as proper notice had not been given of his intention to present a petition. Harrow showed signs of proving a bull in the maize held, and started to argue his right to appear, when the doughty Oliver ordered him to retire, or he would have mm kicked out. Harrow is a genuine Quaker on the subject of non-resistance (though he says it would take a stronger man than Mays to make him quake), so he politely retired. Proverb—' It's a well-bred dog that goes downstairs when he sees preparations made for kicking him down." But this did not end the matter. Harrow thought of hiving Mays bound over to keep the peace, but mercifully torebore, and has adopted a different line of action, tie has resolved to petition for tho removal of Mays from the office of clerk to the Waitemata County Council, on account of his threatening language and conduct gene» rally. He has publicly advertised his intention of doin<* this, and nas duly notified the chairman of the Council by letter. In addition to the petition which hi himself promotes, Harrow expects to have petitions to the same effect, from Wade and vi'aitafeerei districts. In order that he may not get kicked in his efforts to have Mays sacked, Harrow has applied for police protection, and means to approach the County Council, wearing a coat of mail (extra thick behind), and surrounded by armed constables. There will therefore be a harrowing scene at the meeting oh the first Friday in September, and, to enable the matter to be fought out in daylight, Harrow calls upon (not the sun to stand still !) the chairman to fix the hour of meeting at 10 a.m. May we all be there to sue the fun ; for Whether Mays kicks over the Harrow Or Harrow sacks the maize, My tip is straight as an arrow— Waitemata's in a blaze !