Waring Taylor's Bankruptcy

Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 17, 19 July 1884, Page 3

Waring Taylor's Bankruptcy

The Post says :— Mr Taylor, for the last twelve or fourteen years, has been a whited sepulchre. Like the Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! he has outwardly appeared righ'eous unto men, but wiihin has been full of liypocricy and iniquity: Living- a blameless life at the rate of £1600 a year, on otber people's money, his appearance of virtue has proved a •nare and a trap to many. His outward respectability has proved a false beacon, luring people to destruction. Dying men have been deceived by it, and been misled to it, and now their children and heirs pay the penalty by finding themselves penniless. In like manner .Sir Johu Dean Paul led a virtuous, religious and exemplary life, until the smash came, and he was found out. He also was trusted as the guardian of widows ani orphans, and he betray ea the trust. Mr Tajlor seems to think that the only disgrace is having beer, found out: Had not a crisis arrived when concealment became impos-ible, he would no doubt have gone on living his blameless lift. 1 and have led others to confide in him as t-o many unhappily have done before. That Mr lay or has not even tbe grace to cry mea culpa, or to express the slightest regret for the ruin he h»3 wrought, is one of the very worst features of th* case. Why, under all the circumstances, Mr Taylor should ask tho^e who have lost nearly everything by him to provide for his maintenance, we are at loss to understand. A remark made by Mr Duthie at the meeting"*, that a *"* man must live," recalls a story of the old hanging days, when a m>n charged with stealing a loaf of bread made that defence. The judge said he did not recogni^ the necessity, and at ouce sentenced tiie man to be hung. We will in conclusion only remark that in many cases the necessaries •of li-'e, lodging, tot d and ciofhing are provided free by the instead of being suppled by private benevolence, r l here are public institutions provided for the purpose.