Original Correspondence

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 392, 7 May 1880, Page 3

Original Correspondence

[We are at all times ready to give expression to every shade of opinion, but in no case do we hold ourselves responsible for the sentiments of our correspondents.j

THE THEHAYTEE AGIN.

To the Editor of the Akaroa Mail. Sua,—Since I last rit to ye, I 'appened to drop into a bit of a job, a sort of Government stroke too, but 'appenin' as 'ow I got nocked off Budden like on Toosday last by **■ the new boss of the Worke Committay, I just picked up my kit of tools, and bein' as 'ow I was a goin , 'ome to my ole ooman, I just dropped in perniiscus like into your thehater, the beak's hoffis, where he cits in • wsolemn form to hadjudicate upon poor warmints sa is fetched afore him, an' I rather guessed as 'ow I was jist the cove as was wanted, not by the peelers, but by the workin' men's conetitooency. I means to stand next session for them coves, so I do. I haint a goin' to write a long letter, ** 'cause as 'ow my ole ooraan wants me to nuas the young nn, but jist to tell ye what a rare un at law the teak of that 'ere thehayter is. I should like to inform ye ** as 'ow a couple of my pals got afore him, charged with forgettin' to pay their licker score, an' bein' pals of mine, they wern't no — fools. Of course, they either couldn't pay or didn't mean to, so one on 'em singe out as 'ow he was a goin' to take hadwantage of the Tiplin' Hact, an' as 'ow the beak couldn't make he pay. Well, that sort of ~" fiabercaßted the beak, an' he lets hout as 'ow he was afeared he couldn't 'elp 'isseM;. MuHter Public-'ouse, though, seemed purfectly hindifferent, an' saye as 'ow be -.didn't want the greed; all as 'ow he wanted was to show what a mean sort of coon he 'ad been a dealin' with. T'other chap cum on next to get tried, an' he said as 'ow he meant to work right off on the "tipler's tack, an'says as 'ow he guessed he'd bin a tippler Jtoo long, and warn't a goin' to tipple no longer, so he should git nil the good he could from the Hact. John Civil says as 'ow he was purfectly satisfied to gie the coon the same hadwantage, but that he was a mean-spirited skunk, an he'd like to ketch neither of them coves in his 'ouse agin. Putty sort of lingo to make use on in a Coort-'ouse, an , the blessed beak, insted of pinting hout as 'ow coves was quite right, an honly a takin' the hadwantage the law hallowed 'em, says as 'ow he couldn't 'elp 'isself, but that the chaps must bo wonderful mean to take eich hadwantage. I guess I'd like to ""know which be the meanest —to serve ! chaps OB can't afford it without robbin' their wives an' children an' starvin' theirselves, or for a coon as thinks ac 'ow he can't pay to cover 'isself with the purtection of the law. I baint much of a 'and at puttin' two an' two together, but I guess as 'ow, if publicans know they can't recover for grog in any proper Coort of law they must be rare fools to gie permiscustick, an' I thinks as 'ow it bee the beak's place jist to go accordin' to the law, and not call chaps mean as takes adwantage on it; if not, what was Hacts of Parliment made for ? Ariy'ow I knows, if so be as he was "a sittin' where I cum from,he'd putty soon find as 'ow it oodn't be accordin' to Coker to make eion remarks. If he'd bin anywheres near the Ole Bailey, I guess he'd •find as 'ow his place as bose of the thebayter was jist tuk from him. If it 'ad been any Hinglish beak, he'd most likely have given Muster Public-'ouse in charge for contempt of Coort, an' a praised them chape for takin' an' dpin , the right tiling; but lor, Muster, Hakaroa baint Hmgland, nor baint never likely to be. j, suppose a Hakaroa beak can jist do an' say as 'ow he chooses. 'Oping as 'ow I don't lioft'end ye, I be, Yours, &c, WHITECHAPEL JOE.

To tfie Editor of tlie Akaroa Mail. Sir,--Can you kindly inform me why *the Akaroa and Wainui Boad Board should adopt such a peculiar and I think I may justly say a careless system of paying past accounte. From what I can learn the fault does not He with the Clerk, but it appears that the Chairman, contrary to the mode of the County Council and the other lioad Board, refuses to sign tho cheques at the end of the meeting, but makets an appointment, to meet his Clerk at some hotel or other, where he will sign them. He invariably fails to keep his appointment, the Clerk generally coining in one day mid the Chairman the othor, whilst myself ami many others like me # are kept out of our money. I really can not «rt why tin-. Chiiiiinan foLw.ld act m such ft peculiar mnnwr. Purely the Koad Board office in the place to Mtfn the chequap, and no time could be found than at the termination of each meeting. Were thin plan aiiopied, every one would 4r!rji->w both wueii ami where to apply fur iv.- umjiej, and v/oulii than be saved a ,preal amoujit of ruiMiing aljont. By inserting this yji! wil! ohlijiv?,

A SUBSCBIBEU'S SOLILOQUY. To r ft y» ° r not to P ay « that is tfae question— Whether 'tin hotter for me to refaeo To takr n local paper, and deprive My family from muling all the news, Or pay up promptly what the printer ask?, And by Pitch payment, cheer him ? No pay, no pnpcv— Then no more ahull I lie posted on the news And local haps throughout tho town, _ And divers topics— 'tis a consummation lhat I long have feared. To pay, or etop? To stop I perchance to lose—ay, there's the rub ; For in that stop no interest do I take In any of th' affairs which move the town, And encli a shuffling off of all that's good Must make me pause. There's the ro epect Which every editor maintains for those Who come down with the cash and ne'er delay To settle up " that little bill." For who would bear The pointed squibs and pungent paragraph Which far too oft reflect upon the man Who, fails to (settle his subscription bill ? I'll baste me now unto the editor, And, with my purse plethoric in my hand, Will settle up in full one year from date. By paying to him from my ready cash The sum which is his due.