ECHOES FROM THE CAFE.

Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1283, 18 September 1880, Page 2

ECHOES FROM THE CAFE.

Wi: Ind great excitement over the election of two councillor to rupre.s-'iit tho I*] isfc Want iv tho city Council. I should hava told about it, l'i->t "week, Imt I hid written rather more than my usual column, and L know tli.it if I wote more the Editor of " The Thundoiev"' would i.ivc mo a dreeing -down. There wore four candidates for tho two seats vL; : Mr Aickiu, wlio was supported by th^ mnjorltyo^.tlift^rp^ntjlifr^outi^of p\\s waul ; Mr Gr^y, wln\ieo"lved tho support ot .1 brirc n amber of'tlie actual resident-*, and of the ALV.ij Mr Hemus w,h<> rjccivod,thc h\o(-fk vote 'of tho Hood Templars and of tho goodly-goody people ; and Mv King who brought out by the erronoous belief that tho ratepayers <WrWl his valuable serviced. Or course, Mr Aickih was ,-it tho h'.-id of tho poll, and, equally of oourso, Mi' King brought up th/j;roar. Mr i: lemUb was elected, which Wtis a afiG.ii, triumph fur " cold water an I tho 1 iros r p C l."' ' Mv Kvu* li.id a 'littto row' with the If/nt/i? jioojile.-'jOuc of tbfir clerks called nn him lo fiok him to lei them ad\ortiM his .iddios to the ratcp iyor-3. He declined, As h^ did not wish to incur any i v Kpon-o. Tilt iollowin^r day the JF/xdil in referring 1 to the candidates, omitted 3lr Kiu^H n.imo. lie looked on the omission as the result 61 .spilo, bcciuso'he had icfu,^cd to advertise, so wrote a letter lo the Editor ot the ]l<>-«!d, telling him what he thought of him and requesting him to inyjii Hu/t at, an advertit,ement. The Editor said that the'oniibbion of Mr. King's name was purely accidental, and that as he had imputed lnotiA'os to him, his advertisement would not be inscited. Of eoarscy it would .nol 1)9 right to (pie&tion tie Editor's statement, but it was a rather serious' coincidence that the omibsion should follow immediately after the refusal. ' <V hat no 1 one can amiler stand is how the proprietors of the Hi raid could beaV to turn away money ! - . That was ; fi terrible railwayacoidenfc near Wellingtonon Saturday. Our railways arc badly constructed in spine places but fortunately for us lip heVe we citfiio^ neeif to take them along the tops of pre'eipices'two hundred feet high, anil we have -not such gales here <18 are' felt in and near the •'Empire City." It certainly does blow iv Wellington, and the way iv which tho pebble 3 are blown up into the faces of foot passengers is something by which to remember the city which contains "the largest woodeu buildinggiu the world." Knowing how " tho winds do blow," some of ' our Auckland members were surprised to find that, according to .thetablss published by the meteorological department, the velocity of the wind was greater in Auckland than m Wellington. ■One Of I tliQm, desirous to find why this was thubly, made enquii ies in Wellington as to ths looality in which tho wind-guage was erected. A^tpr some trouble, he disv covered" it in a well-sheltered spot, He asleep why it was erected in such a position, instead of on a hill top, as iv Auckland, and was told that it had been placed on the top of a hill, but that the wind was so strong that it was almost immediately blown down. H was replaced timd" ;if tor time, with the same result, so the officer, who Was instructed' to erect • it; Hit upon the -happy expedient of placing* it in a' sheltered position, and oven if it did not j renter tho velocity of tho wind on the, hill tops, it registered that iv the valleys, uud it was not blown, over.

There iBL antSPtercstiug little discus>sifyi (at tnoJKiethig of the Board of tho AucKlaud aud College "TTnrmtnar School Governors on Tuesday. JDr Campbells resignation of Die chairmanship of the Board was accepted with regret, Governors proceeded to elect his succo&bor. The Mayor was proposed l)y -Judge Fenton, and objected to by Colonel ILmltaiu, wlio proposed <Sir Mam ice O'ltorke Avln was objected to by the Mayor, who proposed Mr. John Clark, •rfrtredtrrert- to' Jtctp' «ml* "proposed Mr. Hesketh, who also declined.^ In fact [>ey£ry menibir oMheß^j|d(fw^s proposed, except Jfidge Feiitoiu No one wanted biavoa-accouiit,-^ -.the tfiean,4iick he played the rpf j;.Qf-,the .Governors, in getting a bill introduced during last session of f>rljfimen^ fpr ,the pturpos# of, altering the trust and tlje. mode, of electing 1 flic Goven)qrp,;wisout s informißg any- of the other members of the Board of his intention. Fortunately!' we "live' in a country in KvfticH. 'there '' ate rie^spapers aiid electric telegraph, so the other Goveriidfi^ft&Urted; thifrtll&rbili liadf beotf introduced and wbftft-jifa)' provisions were, and managed, to g,et fche , venom, .extracted in the Upper I^ou^e. Thr.ee clieers for the " fojttr£h| estate," the electric telegraph and the Lords. There was some " hard sweat ing "in a ca«e hca)iari9tJH'nifetl'l^ ) Cl(R«fc <3u Tuesday, in . which Breupan's trustee sued O"ieeti MoGefe f6r ttie prfce 1 <k' a '"blodd horse. " ' " My ifiM^TTMifeif '^rf/P'W'yfeoemaker, and he would.gQ, t(j) fG^ ". , Brennan also was a shoemaker, and went to Ellerslie, to keep an hotel. He kept a few racehorses aKojjbu^jth^.ho/ielr and the racehorses did hotiHeep'nim, &> Kg sought the 'prbtddtfdn 1 df the Banicf uptc'y' Court. A meeting 1 of his :£f fcditiors' \vns held, and a trusteej-w'is appointed. "When the latter protfoOTedfWmlisS'tWfetatb'' "he 1 f6und , that there waaV litrfsd'^Wtfilch had been ]>ut in the schedule qi .assets — no ! he found that thero whs not a horse Whether Brennans stable door had been shut or not, the steed was gon6 to Mr McGee's stable. Th 3 trustee 'thaccf ore fsuod 'MoCJee for its yalue 1 Brenu^au, swore that, he bought the hor.^e from McGee, giving him two pi'omisbory notes to the ' ain'ount of £L5O for'it, and that^ Wheu. McGe« found the notes would'nobbe m^t, he tore' them up and bnrncd thenti, while MeGee swore 'fhafctH^ not'da were merely ttcconiodation hills or '* ktbes " and that he .did, not sell Brennan: the hdrse. ■ Thb evidence ( was so conflicting that Judge MacDonald nonsuited the plainuf f. < > ' • ' By the bye, it used to be believed that it was ouly Jn the land o£, " that IJeathtn '^!hfno o " that 'men ' 'anfused" themselves with kite-ilying-, ! "b>'iitJ 'it 'seems to be a land ruled by that 1 great prophet T?o Whiti. < ; •'- ' ' ; '"' ' ' There has been a proper row going on in Queen -htrcer. A man named Robinson Ava^"car¥yfng 1 f o% J 'th'B" business of a clothier in Queen-.street. I may mention, in pa.ssinsr, that I believe lie is not related to Sir Hercules At lo^st, our Lite Governor did hot claim kinship. About $ix 'weeks ago, Mr Robiubopi iwent away to Sydney to replenish his &tock. Sonle time after law departure, jthe changes were rung 1 on Iho name ever the .shop door. Robinson was rubbed out, and Bell appeared instead. Sjme of Robinson's creditors fclb inclined 'to ring", " Wont you toll me Why, Robin," but could not fiud Habilii, so' they abked Judgo Riohmotid to declare him a l)jnkrupt, wliicli ' he did, and appointed a Trustee. Tin; Trutitee sent a bailiif to .seize the .stock, but the bailiff was turned out, and Uie .shop closed — the legend M Closed for Stock-talcing. Will be open in ti few days " beiii£ affixed to the bhutter. Who is to t;>k<3 the stock 1 J is the next question 'puzzling St. Munqo.