WARDEN STRATFORD.

Kumara Times, Issue 1675, 10 February 1882, Page 2

WARDEN STRATFORD.

[to the editor.] Yes, Mr Editor, however uppisfc and unbearable a person may be, or, notwithstanding that he may be inflicted with infirmities which may make any man very disagreeable in private life either as a friend, husband; or parent, still, a Warden when sitting on the bench should at least conduct himse'f as a gentleman and act with courtesy to those who hold subordinate positious under him. Though Warden Stratford was fortunate, enough to be raised from a Warden's clerkship to that of Warden, yet he must not forget that in the ranks Irom which he sprang are gentlemen of attainments, integrity and refined feelings, and who, though holding subordinate positions, are in many respects Mr Stratford's superiors, and who have the confidence and respect of the public to a far greater extent than has Warden Stratford : I, as one of the public, will not stand by and hear the Clerk of the Court told that he was guilty of stating an untruth, and that in a most offensive manner, when as a positive fact the statement made was an undoubted fact. This can be proved by a letter under Warden Stratford's own hand. The said letter is puMic property, and was openly discus ed by the Borough Council of Kumaia, to whom it was addressed.

Again, the Town Clerk, acting under instructions from the Borough Council', on the strength of the request contained in the said Tetter, appeared on beliulf of the Borough to state that the Coumil had cnnit' to no .conclusion as regards residence areas in Seddon srreeV&hd was told by this amiable-tendered Warden in a voice only surpassed By that of an infuriated bull "I will not hear you." Now, I aro no friend of our ToVrn Clerk; and am of opiniou that he is a little too meddlesome at timeS • still, in the capacity in which he appeared (especially after the opinion ;df the Borough Council had been asked by the Warden) the wantdn insult was not given to James Wylde, Esq., but was an insult to the burgesses df.Kumara j and a most unwarranted ill-tem-pered insult it Vras, without.any cause. Coming from the throne of Justice, otie agks can justice be expected under the circumstances? I fear not. .As a ptoof of this, all residence areas in Seddon street were refused \ and yet; after this refusal, later oh in the day, the' amiable and refined creature, in a most bland and dove-like manner, requests that the same parties apply again; and he will have more time to consider the matter; Only fancy what a Unique' excuse, when the said applications were" a month made before being dealt with. Bullying may have been agreeable td the bumpkins of Wakatipu or the Chinese of Switzera, but in enlightened Kumara the gatile must stop; the scenes' every. Court day are disgraceful. Truth. Eurriara, February 9, 1881