PUBLIC MEETING RE WAR DEN KENRICK.

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 120, 19 September 1885, Page 2

PUBLIC MEETING RE WAR DEN KENRICK.

sen t sphere? ofj? nsefaifl*BSs&'MztssX9m%i large attenuance^ftnd^Mr-r^^J^tiyitt^as^ In* opening the meetmWihefWmMmSa said , some, of .flic w W(m|sp)^jn^aisf : nWonrs being inado; :> tq^M|«| JKennek, removed, thought- it^afl visable ; to take some steps to retain^H^senvicM: in this Ken rick/llie sp%akeif ; sWd^tlii^nllSiif^ him as a juHjb:and;^oo^n)im f/ \Th<Vat\vti^9f did liis doty fkariessi^aiul in a straightforward manner, and nsed Ufa;, authority fqr, the ,best .interests *of .' xth^^plnce, Lan4 his removal would proye.a great s Joss 5 H many wnys.,, „ Jt - r /\ ,/•"-, J< - Mr J. GiKtions sa'nl he^was a^qtiaint^tl with the , Thanhs Goldfield its opening, and referred in >stWn^Scrti"is to matters that had taken place on that gold field in years gone *l>yj the ' holding of private meeti'i^s before cases were heard, etc.) etc. ' He considered the loss of Warden Kenrkk would • be nothing les9 than a c»Umity*for;the district. Mr Fra7.er and others also spoke in high terms* of our present Warden. The first resolution proposed by Mr I). <h Frazer, vtbb as follows": " That this meeting is of opinion that the removal of the- Warden (Mr Kenrick), wonld be most injurious to the best interest of the whole district, a3 by his impartial and just decisions he has the entire confidence of the inhabitants, both miners and others, and they are confix dent lv's removal would militate against the advancement of the" district generally." Seconded by Mr J. Gibbons, and carried unanimously. Resolution No, 2 moved by Mr B. Mackie, seconded by Mr J. A. Bobson, ami carried unniii.nously j '* That a committee of five le appointed to convey the wishes of this meeting to the Governor through our -member Mr Whyte, and that a petition be at once prepared, signe \ t .and sent." The following names were then proposed to act on - the - committee, viz : Messrs Dobson, Frazer, Lipsey, >Pavitt, and Gibbons. : , , ■ The meeting chsed with a vote of thanks to the chair. The committee on Tuesday wired Mr J. B. Whyte, member for thi? district, the result of the meeting. The Pbtitiok. The following petition has been vtry largrly signed, and will be forthwith forwarded to Wellington : — To the Honourable the Minister of Justice. Sir,— We, the undersigned, residents of the goldfield district of Te Aroha have heart! with extreme regret of rthe proposal to remove the present Warden, Harry Kenrick, Esq. We are vf opinion that any change made at the present time would, militate greatly against the advancement of the district, and the Hauraki Goldfields generally. On those fields a new area in mining is now being inaugurated, and of the various requirements 'of the different localities Mr Kenrick has acquired from long experience that intimate xnowledge which it is absolutely necessary a Warden having the charge of these districts should be possessed of. 'Mr Kenrick has also won for- himself by his upright and impartial administration -ithe 'respect and goodwill of every member "of 'this community, and his rempval' just tio\f would be' almost universally regrette-l as a calamity to this district ; we, therefore} request that you will be pleased to give this petition your most favourable consideration, and secure to. us a .continuance of his services, and we shall ever ,pray, etc.