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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 420, 16 November 1889, Page 2

' This above all — to thine own self bo true, And it must follow as the night the day Thau oanet not then be false to any man.' SIIAKESFEARK.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1889

In our last issue we published a report of Sir Thos. Or. Estuonde'j address at Te Arohaonihe Jlomeßulequestion;and tho names of tlie local Committee appointed to collect subscriptions in nid of the fund for evicted tenants in Ireland, The first on the list of names of the Committee is Mr Edward Gallagher, our local bus proprietor, mail carrier, and Chairman of Te Arohi Town Board. Really we are surprised nt Mr Edward Gallagher, of all the men in the district, seeking to | pose before the public as a champion of | the cause of evicted tenants ! The posi • ticm is so truly absurd. Surely he does not suppose local residents have so soon forgotten who it was so very recently took such a prominent part in connection with taking possession of the house occupied l>y Mr Michael Croniti, at Waio- | rongomai, of which house this s>ame MiGallagher was the landlord. Talk about evictions for non-payment of rent in Ireland I—if1 — if the circumstance we »etVr to had occurred in Ireland there would have been columns and columns in the newspapers, in fact it would probably have been referred to in hi* recent address by Sir Thos. Earmnde as an instance of how poor tenants were treated in Ireland, but of course its quite a different matter how they are treated in New Zealand ! In our issue of 13th July last, when feeling ran very high at Waiorongomai with respect to how poor Cronin hail been treated, we published the following ' local ' bearing on the subject. :—- "Quite a sensation has been cause 1 at Waioron.^omai this week by the very summary way in which Mr E. Gallagher, assisted, it is said, by Mr John Biian, sought to take possession of a house of his, occupied by Mr Michael Cronin. whilst the latter was away at the mines; and during the temporary absence of Mrs. OroiiMi, who with her baby wore the sole occupants of tho bourse on the day in question. We understand a charge o! 'I'oiciUly entering' has been laid against Air G.dUghev. Raiher an undignified , osi lion for the Chairman of the Te Aroha i

To'vn Board to appear in. Wo hate no | desire to pivjudge the case, but public feeling at Waiorongomai is very strong at the unmanly ami underhand way in which, according to report, the proceedings were carried on." Iv bis ptivate oapacity we should not consider the matter worthy of fuither notice, but when a man assumes the position of Chairman of the local governing body, and gets placed on a committee to collect funds for evicted tenants, his actions should be in keeping with the positions occupied. In connection with the Crcnin case, Mr Gallagher, on his oath, stated in Court vi August 6th : That he sent Cronin a letter giving him a week's notice to- leave on July Oth, but two days afterwards, viz., on July bth, got in through the i window of the house Cronin occupied after nightfall, in the absence of Cronin and his wife, nailed up the back d«or and locked the front door. The whole amount of rent demanded in this case was L 6 18s, and even this amount Gallagher subsequently staled in Court lie did not consider was owing to him, Cronin having paid for timber, etc., for improving the house ; in Fact, he did not deny having given Cronin a written acquittance for the rent he had demanded. Mrs Oioniuin her evidence told the Court she had to get her furniture, etc., removed at mi Inight, by the assistance of some kind neighbours during the tempornry absence of Gallagher after he had taken possession of the house. And this same Cronin ha I been a faithful hud working servant to this man, and in a letter published in our issue of August 31st, he stated { * I was in his employment for seven years, until a fewweeks ago, and worked hard and honest, lateand early forhim. I could enumerate hundreds of jobs which I did for him at night, when my day's work was over, and which saved him many a pound, such as making swingletrees, house furnituie, etc., otc., ! and on one occasion built him a coach, and for all this I never received a penny extra, and never asked it." Surely further comment is needless 1

Notice is given by advertisement thnt tie first meetings of creditors in the, estates of Richard Hancock, of Waihi; and Matthew Quinton, of Karangahake, will be ltcltl on Wednesday next, at Air Putohas' office Thames, and Messrs Phil ips ami Son's store, Paeraa, respectively. The t radio bridge over the Waitoa liver, at W.iitoa bush, now in course of . constiuction by Mr Ja.-. Lav'-ry, whos- 1 con ti act. was aeceptou by Piaku County i Council for the work, is now well advanced, and will probably be completed j by the end of uextwecK, In connection with the same woik the approaches, being formed by Mr P. Dillon, will be also completed about the same time. It being understood that an entertain nicut in connection with the Anglican Church at Te Aroha, will be Jiell dunng the ensuing wefk, the Committee of management of the concert and dance in aid of the funds of St Joseph's Church, Te Aroha, have most considerately decided to postpone the same from Thurs • lay next, the date fixed and advertised, to Fiiday, 20th insfc., in ©nhr not to clash with the Church of England entertainment, by both taking place so near the same date. We have had so miny applications for extra copies of our issue of Saturday last, 9th insl., cont.rninef a lengUiy de scriptive repoit on the Te Aroha Silvei and Gold Mining Company's re luction works at Waiorongomai, and leading articles thereon; many of which we have been unable to supply, although a large numl-er of extra copies of that date were printed. At the present time we have unfulfilled orders for o\er one hundred copies of the number containing the report referred to. In order to supply these we are having the report and articles re-sot, and have arranged to publish a special edition of the News containing the same, on Wednesday next, 20th inst This special edition will be published after the oidinary issue for that date, and be quite distinct therefrom. The following telegraphic reply has been received by the Waikato Hospital Board to their protest to the Government against the increased representation on the Board from nine to fouiteen members : " Sorry your Board not con« tented, but the representation as alteied is strictly in terms of the Act, In any case, elections must be made under new apportionment, which lias b'eu sanctioned by Governor," The increased representation will undoubtedly involve a small additional out'oy per annum for travelling expenses, but we believe t'lis will be compensated for many times over, by greater economy in other directions ; and now that the initial expenses of establishing the Hospital have been nearly all net, it is absolutely imperathe that economy be practised as far as can reasonably be done. At the last meeting of the Board, one of the members, Mr Seldon, who pioposed the resolution to Government protesting against the in-< creased number of members, inolmied in his resolution the following words, "as being wholly unnecessary, and against the wishes anil interests of the Waikato. Hospital district" That was a rather broad ass< ition to make on behalf of all the taxpayers concerned. Had there been fourteen members instead of nine in the past, we are confident the recont determined attempt on the part of some ' members of the Board to increase the , dootor's palary by £150 a year, would have been promptly nipped in the bud, and never hayo gone evca the length it did.

Wo direct special attention to the Following new advertisements: (1) Special horse sale on next Wednesday at Hamilton, by Mr J. McNicol. For this sale over two hundred hoises have already been entered. (2) Meeting at Waitoa next Wednesday evening, to consider the proposal to establish a 'creamery.' We trust there will be a thoroughly representative attendance, as the matter is of of great importance to this district. (3) Great clearance sale at Waiorongomai on Saturday next, of grocery, drapery, ironmongery, etc., etc., by Mr jas. Craig, in the assigned estate of Mr W. S . Collins. .A great treat ia certainly in store for residents in this district by the visit of Mr Fred. Mnccabe to Te Aroha next week. Mr Maccnbewill give two entertainments during his stay here, oneatTe Aroha on next Friday evening, the second at Waiorongomai on the following evening. The fame of Maccabe in his popular entertainment "Begone Dull Care," has spread almost the world over, and local residents are decidedly fortunate in having an opportunity of being present at one of these entertainments without being obliged to travel a distance to so do. Maccabe is ono of the most gifted and successful popular entertainers of modern times, and we are confident he will have bumper houses, both at Te Aioha and Waiorongomai. A meeting of the Committee of Management of the Sylvia Gold Mining Syndicate (Thames;, was held in Auckland on Monday last, when it was lesolved that a call of £25 per share should be made, and also that no contracts for the supply and erection of machinery should be let until the calls were all in hand. It was decided to request Mr John Howell (of the Te Aroha S. and G. Mining Co.). to supply the Syndicate with plans and specifications for a ten-head battery for dry or wet crushing in connection with concentrating machinery, By the Manapouri, which left Auckland on Tui'slay, parcels of rich ore were shipped to Sydney and Melbourne for tieatment. We understand that an endeavour is to bo ma le to erect the machinery on tho ••rounds during the summer months. It is stated the pro.-pects obtaineJ from the Syndicates ground so far have been very good.