THE MAYOR OF MAFEKING.

Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, Volume 1, Issue 1, 29 March 1901, Page 2

THE MAYOR OF MAFEKING.

Mafelsing, ,w ; i^cii obtained &uch,no,to--I'iety in theava_r on account of its gallant defend 1?y .(pCß^ai'ftl Baden-Powell, has again coii\e :t^o foont at Home, this time ow.iftg to spiteful attacks ■ made upon ijtsififiyov *fhe English ..papeTßt^vsonjo.pftkei'besiesQd.oivaians. "' ThetaoVwatoVargeitfeyefte^ .against .the MayftT.(.Ur. Frank OTtfey) are Hthftt^o'^Lsliedto sun-end^ Vnithfitjiewas intho.hfifot Of hiding ;in the'ifepmiU-pi-'O'o* sheath & f%e .women's laager. • ' ._ Mr.whftiey. iv- r^y *° *c nl'st charge, :adiuits that lie made bitter 'enemies in jftaf eking, and he iUoJhofaQtjthaf when a section of the -itownspqpi^e tf.-ishqd ( to apro** him- \ on a proposal & interview. Bs^en- ; Powell on Ijhe surrender,, | be at once al??s#ely deqlinedto receive ,them. , . As regards 4%e iseccjad charge he .states that beyond his weekly visits of inspection, he Beyer set foot inside lo^gc* eLurwg die siege:. He was th.e,Oji^ European in Voicing -?whohadft9^mb.-pvQgf- ' $fr .ever.'beei <^#Wted with a letter -^written to a 'Yorkshire joiwal by; Baden-Powell on June 30th, m which .the latter gives the Mayor praise for his great .assistance Jlirougho.itf; . /'Tappers *k#t ¥*V 'Wkfrfy M»der-; took the maiwgeiwt wU^SO^ ,600 women andc^^c^iifr^^teager, j and made a compjef-e smesa^ ( work. Baden-Powell siays it was .a most s ■^-^asions un(\ortald^ p*A ( theMayortobe GQntinually nyiftg^bout 1 the place on his bicycle «ide^ *«»: MerciMlyhewasnothit altl W «.ghh^ ( .office wa^ draughty with «"Mos, and the oi \m f^e wa^ ■wi-ecked%a94-pQwndsheil. ;j The remarks made by the gaJJan* Ao-fr " fender of 'proyed tli^L . Mayor, instead of beiff^ t^ surrender didliis bes^: to prep Tent it fronifallUig-into the hands oi, ,tlio .enemy, lor which he .should be , ' prai^d' in#ea4 flf beiff^ &fi&<£ V^ lor ajjwse.. , 1 There a JittJ r s 'ff)ia»V>fi (*ays a con- ii temporary associated with "the ir.«n'J jillywhif*e,' said tp^g.. Blatoh, who re- > oexitly engaged so mi^li attention in ( W'emngtoJ.lTe >v%s on tli,e eye of being i married when )& arrested. The i lady of his choice was a prepossessing Auckland widow ylphid bofl» employ-, ed as a' sjtew.ardc^s on a coastal - andwiio js pbssfissed of ft ?»X)der,ate J amount of means, Slj.e is #rmjy Per" i^ of his innocence. ■: ; Acco^diftg tf>i)ifiQoyevTimcm ; istics upfco »^ »1». 0 ya^° of J frozen b,epf pxpo^erj: for fte .ye A»- was t £269,4.79, an j»cpease iff. year 91 _c £1G(5,947' fifl. *hftt: oi the .previous t -' It is also sgii-sfflfttorN: & note that not-1 withstanding &js yery eenadorable 1 kpQrt, the aumbpr pf cattle mngtmng * in the fiolfiny iff November /ft wo* an c Screak Of 20,000 head on tHe p^Vious I ,J « Hiseo years ago J. was in £he new : gaol at Dunedin^ was t^P Q^PW < femark pf ft speepH «^ c A y/ ..**• 1 .gentleman at &>■ BftpSst .Gpn^enpe t gently. Boars pf Jaughter smot)^ed ( |ho explanatory spquel: '• just bpfore^t was opened ft»jr tlie rece^on gi pwwn-; cis ?J ' ''■■■".. « Are you ifttbel^bitofiaUiftg ties?'' J asked Hr.lPownell of a girl. yMw»s «*; other fay. the gW admitted^ %M^ was ■" How often do you tell them, queried oounsel, "Gop^s only j knows!:" was the prompt^eply,- _ — Fond Maiuma. 'a^nkl shall, gend Eunice abroad to hayeJicr voice , pultivtted,?? MdTftpai «^etywell, WflSft Ab iq^ p the c^t^on is , !lo»e abwl I sha'n't object." : - _ ."^andy," said her elderly relative, "that young Spoonamoreh^n a penny to bless himself with \ou -- would be simply arm '•I am auntie," replied Miss tfixidj. — Young Moth Jerj...^BJbyi|pnewhatcross to-day f He r^^f^Baohel6r (in great awe o|thenutej humanity): »And when do joue^ect him to commence— er—hairing; — A little girl of ionp-ears jvas riding past a cemetry with her mother, Looking up, she. wid: -Mamma how longisrta rter they bury apersonbefore the grayestone comes tips' — Little Willie: "This paper .says that Mr. Hamlet Smitlvers rocieved an option. What does thntmean?" Father: ''The word ovation, myaon, is derived from the Lathi ova, *bieh means an egg. Ovation moans a shower ot egg*, !! "WeU, little chap," said the stran- ~— ser in the family, picking up one ovthe. children, "what are jofjoing to be when you're a man ?" SNuffin" said he dxUd. .'Nothing? WhyTask^^he stranger. "Bccause/'said the' child; ■I am a little givl."- ' ' • ; — Bessie: ''I want you to know that I don't stand on trifles." Bertie (glancing at her feet): "No, I see you doa't. A marriage under peculiar circuinsfcancestook'phfco at Sydney recently, when a German fireman was being prosecuted by a jilted lady-love on a charge of stealing a chain, .which she had liven him on .his promising to marry her While in court a friend sought to convince accused of liisf aitWessness^ and said that if h#did not o-irl lie would be put in gaol. Willl. oiclairaedtheGerman excitedly, "Then Hf mom- liei-." A clorgjmaa was summoned, m the presence of the court officials. The accused was, needles* to ■ay, discharged.