RATHER AMUSIAG.

Temuka Leader, Issue 336, 4 January 1881, Page 2

RATHER AMUSIAG.

Ashburton was one day last weeb scene of an amusing affair, which is'? described by the Press;—A pool man named Charles Hay, who ekes; a precarious living by selling books! papers at the railway station some i ago erected a little whare, in wind* lived, on a section belonging to> Borough Council. The section is is vicinity of the railway station, aud,i many other sections in its surroundi is unfenced and vacant. The Bor( Council served a notice to quit on Hay and so he was obliged to look for a new site for his domicile, j Hay is an extreraly honest, industri and respectable old and evide the people of the town regarded i action of the Council as an unnecesj, piece of officiousnoss. Another see) belonging to Mr Orr was found, which the old man was allowed to ei his humble home, and on Wednesi evening a large portion of the popalat of the town turned out to assist at removal. A procession of all expresses and cabs in the town was fora headed by a Highland piper an( drummer. Alter parading East sti they marched to the whare, where sev<

hundred people had assembled, and immediately the little house was lifted bodily into a dray—lawyers, bankers journalists andall classes lending a helping hand. On the sides of the whare were the words “ Man’s inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn,” “ Pity the sorrows of a poor old man, who was forced to remove against his will by that big hill 1 ” After a collection had been made the procession was reformed, and it marched to a section on which the whare was deposited. The principal streets were afterwards traversed, stops being made at certain of the councillors’ houses who were the cause of the removal, and a good deal of yelling and hooting indulged in. The utmost good humour prevailed throughout, and the proceedings terminated quitely.