A PUBLIC BENEFACTOR

Wanganui Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 5488, 6 December 1884, Page 2

A PUBLIC BENEFACTOR

TO THE EDITOR.

Sir, — Allow me through the medium of your widel circulated columns to con* gratulate Mr William Timms on his successful defence of the Borough interests, and to suggest to him that he Bhould not stop short on his victorious career, but should go into the business permanently, as it is one ne has , shown a special aptitude for. It is one which in hiß hands might be worked up,to a high pitch of profitableness, as a few snoh substantial verdiots as that awarded him . yesterday, would give him an income be* fitting the character of his work, which must needs be paid for at a high rate to induce anyone to take it up, owing to the ill favor in which they are held by an ungrateful public, who cannot Bee that there must be Timmß's to do the work that the gentleman in question has .made his own, and gained such kudos for. It is the misfortune of all great men , to be misunderstood and maligned. 1 well . remember seeing Caloraft hissed by an unfeeling crowd, and a public minded informant; against a Sabbath breaking publican, tarred and feathered and ridden round the digging township on a sharp rail amidst jeerings and hooting?, dead cats and rotten eggs, and to , the music of a disoordant band pitying an air familiar to those who have seen a soldier drummed out of a regiment. If suoh an indignity were offered to Mr William Timms, there would not be a dry eye in Wanganui, nor a rotten egg left for our Christmas pud-., dings, as I feel sure, suoh is the high respeoft in which he is held, that no trouble or ex* pense would be spared to convince him of the esteem and respect in which he is deservedly held by the ratepayers of Wanganui, who are fortunate in having a Timms to look after their interests, and a magistrate with courage equal to the task of supporting that great public benefactor in his appeal to jus- , tice in the interests of the community, who are not doing Mr Timms that justice, whioh is the legitimate due of suoh noble self-sacri-fice as shewn by the gentleman in question, whom I expect to see elected Mayor of Wanganui and presiding over a Counoil, in which suoh honored names as John Kilty, General Jackson, James MaCjpn, and several other equally prominent citizens will be found enrolled ; as it is evidently to such public spirited and high-minded men we must look for the reform of ourBorough Council, which has hitherto been in. tho hands of men of quite a different stamp) to Mr Timms and his friends, who have come forward in the nick of time and saved: theircountry. If Mr Timms should find the oli« mate of Wanganui too warm for him this Bummer, I would humbly suggest to him that a trip to Dublin would suit his constitution, as in that city he would find congenial companionship and proper appreciation, and a wide field for his undoubted talents, whioh are to? valuable to be wasted on suoh small affairs as the late prosecution. Mr Timms is, I am sure, capable of far higher flights, and I for one would be glad to see him in his proper place, or even further ! — I am, &0., A Cynio.

Notwithstanding its sadness (says the Fielding Star), there is a oertain element in a circumstance which is' reported in the Wanganci Herald of yesterday. A married couple were knooking about both the worse for liquor, the man oarrying an infant in his arms, and Constable Brown arrested both. The man clung to the lamppost of the Rutland, and the bystanders helped the policeman to loosen his grasp. He was afterwards handcuffed and looked up, and in the morning he was fined 10s and costs. The Government licenses one man to sell the intoxicant, pays a second man to wait at the door of the licensed house to oatoh the purchaser as he comes out, and a third in the shape of the R.M. to fine him for buying what the first man is authorised to sell. Very funny 1

The W.R.V. Band ooncert did not take place last evening on account of the weather being unpropitioua, bat it will (weather per*, mitting) be given on Monday night.