A Hard Case.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 98, 28 March 1885, Page 3

A Hard Case.

It is an old saying that one man may steal #Le(, horse,! while:. another will be^ htnig for lopkjpg over: the fence, Something of tfn's sort . has happened )>ere lately, and a'nafder case we do not remember. Th#Wahgaht)i Heads Railway Compamy m the' last published balance sheet, made their late secretary, C. S.Ci'p.^ out a ; defaulter, tto the extent of aljo.ut £"300, and tho the report of ttte. chlaifraan; 'set^ out that soniethirig vcry v ij<e a.^onijjo ( un<J\n ) g of ;fe]pny. has taken place for a similiar amount before Mr iiSfdsali left ' Wsmgatiai. • We' have nothing to do with the latter person^ he; may or may not havo dorte all that the director of (^he«cqinpany alleges him Jo. havo Been guilty of , but'we do think it' a strange thing, they; should take this affair so easy, and " tWen wfeuV their vengeance oil a dofauHing call payer, whom povertv,^jitlidj r s»i)V4dSfa-bBV paying Aphis assessments, and wliose-furniture was dragged out f roHjJjis ,bpi!se",and ;sold to satisfy tJievyerdic.ttljie cpinpany had { p;ot.. agaih^W fo^iMllS fwtii^h he admitted he oweil, but cfOiild 7 n'bitpay. THe amount was a shffifl ftVicl the company could well ifUwc waited : %&c Hj ; or written it off with'ta»d"vbry 4iiubh l larger one oC Mr Cros^'flyfioit,' but^herfe'was no milft of hum^H'icrVfahess to sna^fefor a yi6tiin;6f misfo^tin^ \f\io, «a<l no fault Y>f . lv's Mfi iy fi4ip jnio 'arrears With his calls ihJjiuti^rbfiumad^aiui; ; example of ,_ and lj)s wif^land-Qhi^enfleft. i» a : hoijsu withftetffu'rojlijir^; , whilst, anotljer- man who baiiJVKSbndoir jof sfco offer :. for his lacheSi walksiabout: unmolested.' But therp are other slrarehqlders than the obo*oldti^< «ind<ir^istravi»t;^h^ha-ve not paidtheirr.callsiti itU«ioeads ßailway • Company^ ,tto«L ' -awlidfi cannot plead poverty, asV;a)i;[tg:cjußq., ! fou ntheir • von payiTjoßji^ i.W(byi>xere they not selected Jnsteai'io'i>fif.-*i»»an,j wlxni hasi ..to the of every one m the town been working like a horse to keen his family m foJdtdurin^-'the,'pagl six;'iaidriths!,-ahd only succeeded in.earning a- few pounds, owing to,. Jibe ,ji)i<jlQnijQntvoiVJ3a.ther. and. a bad nayinVfifijitpa^fe)] fall, bush? The case is^-flar^fle f .^iidr>ye,b,e'av that one or toffa g^'^Biayitans are going round to try > #n4ißoyec.tfnaiew .pounds. !to-day, torepiß^soßJO ofithe most needed" ar- • . ticles^£sfurniiiuie seizedand sbldinthe late spatfof the HeadS'Bailway Cotoimnj*v. LittleW»ad.""W^will "be ; glad ! to ' ir6ceive any amounts forwarded towards this fund,, as tlie~cas,e is one.of great ! H'aMs f ai]i «nd < afesen'ing l ! bf help: *