DOING A BAILIFF.

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 217, 28 March 1872, Page 6

DOING A BAILIFF.

The "Wellington Post" is responsible for the following:— " Diony si us Halicarnassensis says, truly enough, that it is the custom of men to judge of others' proceedings by what' they would do themselves, and to consider things credible or incredible by their own experience. If this test were applied to the s'ory we are about to relate of a dun, and another monster not unlike himself, sullen of aspect, by the vulgar called a catchpole, it is not unlikely that people, who, like the Spanish Don, avoid the fly and swallow the spider, will disbelieve it. An officer of the Waikato Militia got deeply into the books of an Auckland tailor. In the old country tailors do not expect to be paid, at the Antipodes it follows they reckon upon it. The Waikato warrior was of Pistol's opinion, " base is the slave who pays ;" and the indignant snip was at last compelled to sue and obtained judgment. He then sold the debt to a bailiff, and this " horrible monster, hated by gods and men," proceeded post haste to the Waikato to obtain his dues or seize the corpus vile of his debtor. But the warrior was on the q'ui vive, and in his shirt sleeves met the wily dun at his tent door. "Is Captain # Molar about ?" "No " replied the captain, " he's been away on leave this week. " " Dear me, howannoying ; can you give me a shakedown : you're his servant I suppose ?" '•' Yes, lam, all right." The horrible monster slept, and in the morning the captain cleaned his boots, cooked bis breakfast, directed him on his road, and had the gratification of being rewarded with half-a-crown for his trouble.

The nptorious Redpath, who was connected with the extensive railway frauds in England in 1856, arrived in Adelaide from Freemantle the other week, having received a conditional pardon. At Freemantle Redpath was quite a distinguished character, always holding himself aloof from ordinary " ticketers." The other bondsmen used to touch their hats to their distinguished brother, who wrQte clever letters to the local press under a norn de guerre; was the founder and honorary secretary of the Working Men's Association ; was especially shunned by the free classes, who professed to regard him as a social agitator. The police would not allow him to land at Adelaide, so he went on to Sydney. Redpath has always had a great desire to exchange the Swan for the eastern colonies, and applied to a local Minister of the Crown on one occasion, to get him transferred to Victoria. His pardon does not allow him to go to England.

Mr. "Duffy, the Premier of Victoria, has publicly stated that the Melbourne mint will be able to purchase ' gold at a shilling an ounce over the price paid at- present. Through this advance, Mr* Duffy calculates the miners will gain between £ v ßo,Qo(>~and £90,000 a year, without the* Government losing a penny,