AT THE CORNER.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4844, 19 July 1884, Page 2

AT THE CORNER.

[BY NEMO.]

Hcttio gum, lumani mhil a me alienum ptito.

-1 know not who is responsible;for' the' disgraceful state of the road to the Shortlajrid Cemetery, some say, the Borough, County, and' Parawai Boad Board are, collectively so;-but this ■'!■ know, that the' present condition of the road reflects the; utmost discredit on. the whole Thames community. I Consider that we show a most .contemptuous disregard for the honor due -.to-"•.our departed friends by taking them.to their last resting place through such an almost impassable track >—it cannot be called a road. Insincerely hope that steps will at once be taken to remover the shameful reproach from thej»!ac<?. Further and combined.efforts should be made by the several religious denominations and the general public for .this purpose, and assistance agai>i asked from the bodies I have mentionpd. Forming and metalling the road from Hape bridge to the Cemetery gate is estimated to cost abbunt £600? ; - [■;-'-'';-/■ ::::rX-:^><-:.','.>c ;.;.-^.' ',"■■ ■_ Strange, and,yet after all not /strange, what a change comes over the behaviour of most men when they are" out" for an election, and:are soliciting the ,»otei of those whom, in, general, they apparently" ;hair« a very humble opinion ofcandyet to whose verdict they have ; to .bpw. Old -friends, perhaps long neglected, r are hunted up, grievances an' a great part' forgotten, and it is " Hail felloW, 4well met ■*.'' withall, just tosecure their I? vptei'^ and get into power.rA candidate's position is anything but an enviable one, especially should he be, as is the| case with many candidates putting up for the Thaxnea^ a member of a local body, as rhis actions, though perhaps as straightforward as could be wished^ are very c Kable ttf be misinterpreted.-and motiret, other than those intended, applied." Two bif our Parliamentary aspirants are membersi-pf; a local Council, andiat th^e l^nieeiing the would-bei ffit j^of fthe assemblage caused many a smile, and sometimes a subdued bunt of laughter, by big naive directions aa^to(hoyrvthesiei geauemen^ *Kould ; <juwtioniß ?fliicl» nose, M for «lectioiti:

purppses," ybti know, though Ifmaii'--'iijif»: ''.\ if report saith truly, that;both took the;; remarks in the spirit in whicb^ th^y^W«« ; i intended, and laughed at their own discomfiture. '-, '■■ •■•.■-.■■.•.-■•' ■■,^X ;-:i't:;.:--v::'-;; s^';vThe arch-fiend Te Kooli, who conducted the awful massacre at Gisborne, has come here; on a visit to the Ngalimaru tribe, to offer himself to them to be killed »nd eaten forthe " kan^a " drbewitching of>a;, Ngatimaru ciiief, in which Te'Kootiiii; said to have been the " chief " cause Borne years ago, and he is so big •gun that ordinary wood and, stone^ are;;not^j(^M>4 M - enough for the old iavajr>rs subifquent;; funeral obsequies, viz.; a copper Mabriir so he haY brought with him a greenstone ••;mere:''for:.stoheß;::and^a'vta|ab»:lfor^oiDd;':;. The wily old fellow^ knoirs well enough ! that half a century ago bVdaVe.; not have come on such a Bontimentar;erraii'd>V.;lt;; r was not the custom in those^daji-t^^be refused, nor would the valuable *^iii|re" and " taiaha" have been needed »i^ " make-wright," ?Mr Teii-.-'Koptt^w^a^^;-■h'aTe.;xpntribute.do^rTOnaZiy^,to;v.a'-;fe^*w.: '.': meal; but times are changed, instead of • being loaded with " taiipa "; in ;i nitife oreh, the old scamp will go away' lbaded. s with presents from the tribe to whbinhi" came humbly offering himself as a .Koloi ■ eaust. '■;'_ y\-: :~':::". - : ;:■'''•''-:.-•:■'.: ;^"v:;v;-';;5/':";;;.