BANK MANAGEMENT IN DONEDIN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 195, 6 August 1875, Page 4

BANK MANAGEMENT IN DONEDIN.

The following is the full text of the J article from the Olago Daily Times, ft ] summary of wbich was telegraphed the I othpr day:-*— j " Recent experience of Bank manage-! ro^nt in Dunedin has given occasion tol a good many people for abuse. At alv times, a bank manager has a difficult task to perform, and ba is trery oftea compelled to conduct important nt?g<£ tiatioos with extreme delicacy anp caution. So much of bis work indeed! depends for its excellence upon ta<n, that ttie outside world bas pretty wdU coma to the conclusion tbat it taws about the same amount of special training lo en-able a man to manage a batik as a newspaper, to make a good balance as a leaping article. We will not Jgo quite so far as this, bat it is noticeable tbat a certain tact, not to say a Httle decency and courtesy, is a quality catch required by bankers. We leave eur readers to fit the cap upon the bank! to which we refer to in our remarks, and merely note tbe fact tbat the utter absence of anything like commto codrtesy bas made itself unpleasantly felt in one. Courtesy is, of course, \ wide word, aod is certainly insufficient^ to meet the exigencies of the present case. To say that all the rules which usually /govern gentlemen in their intercourse have been deliberately set at defiance, both ia the parlor of one bank, and in .ipse not less important duties of the manager ia the outside world, is to put in mildly. For obvious reasons vl we decline to speak more plainly. It/ must suffice to put on record tbe fac/ that with pmnious speed the business of one of our banking corporations na going to the wall, and that tbis /is chiefly due to the freaks of an eccentric individual who seems at least /as ignorant of his proper business, as/ he is of tbe routine of banking inf the colony, or Ihe customs of honest dien. To damage the reputation of business men by a series of malicious falsehoods and underhand and cruel statemfete, seems to be bis delight. That helbao escaped a thrashing is a miracle, end we should counsel bim to beware bpW he ventures to display his vifltes amongst a less orderly and law-abidingS community. ; The power entrusted to a banker is not given him to indulge his animosities, or pay off his private grudges. There can be no doubt that steps will speedily be taken to remove this * old man of the sea,' who has ao firmly seated himself on the shoulders of the business community of Dunedin. We have been accustomed to regard ai bank as a bridge, to carry commerce/ There ara bridges and bridges, bowl ever, and in a particular instance it i clear that, a crash is imminent. W > desire iadigbantly to repudiate tbe.vil i and untrue.siatements that have bee 1 m freely circulated from the centre t> which we refer concerning the com . mercial uuaoiindness of Dunedin. W ) • expect that the shareholders will no ) fail to express their deep resentment a ; a line; of conduct which cannot fail u depreciate the value of their property if it does not ultimately destroy it alto gether> Inthe name of the public w« put on record an indignant remonstrance against this outrageous evil, and we trust that our warniog will have the effact of saving the residue of the property of the .shareholders from wanton destruction, and stopping the downward course of this institution before its lasl constituent has left it." - During the terriffic gale that ble* at Auckland for nine hours on tie night of the f 4_h, July, the aeemometi r showed tbat-, the wind travelled at 1 n average vejocity of 81 miles per hour ' Mr Peter Dorreen, who has been e n inmate of the' Wellington hospital f r the'; last three years, died wiihin tl e past few days at the patriarchal age if 101 years. He was born at the Goun. y Down, Ireland, in tbe year 1774. I e enme out to New Zealand in 1840 fti the ship Bengal Merchant. His wido* resides at; the Hutt, and is 98 years of age.— itf. Z Times. 1 In an article on "Our MoumJnJ Customs," the Dunedin Saturday Adl ver'tiser says :— lt is only the tyraDn^J of custom which binds us, and we are! glad to learn that there is a movement both in Dunedin and Christchurch to set aside such foolish practices. Honor ba to the ladies who have taken this matter in band. True sorrow needs no outward trappings. The loviog/ mourner will seclude herself Irom/ gaiety. Ornaments wiil be laid aside! All unnecessary expense and shod will be avoided. Simplicity and plainA doss of dreaa will mark the grieving heart, until the Giver of all comfort beals tbe painful wounds, isucb a style of mourning will be more suitable than double-baoked crepe, or sable we eds made in some absurd extreme of fashion. Let husbands and fathers have strength of mind to aid in tbe desirable reform by leaving instructions) bebiud tbem, lhat simplicity is to bJ observed in tho obsequies, and tba* their money, especially needful to tho*. • left bth nd, shall not ba misspent in tUe tomfoolery of what is called a grajd funeral, or the extravagance of a mourning warehouse. A meeting of gentlemen interested in forming an expedition-, for. the cxploration oi New Guinea h&e been h_ \<l at the Melbourno Shipping EichanX at wbich it was decided that a corapanfc should be formed -for lhe purpose, wi»\ a capital of JCSQOO, in 500 shares of flcN each. Mr Thoaiasilioader to be secretary* pro tern. Messrs. Spence, Loader, and Coffey were appointed temporary di*QGtvta t ~fVest Coast Tynes.

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