Drops from the Fountain.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 97, 18 January 1900, Page 3

Dr ops from the Fountain.

By Swan.

" Nowadays it is wise to " corral *' all ,the credit available, financial or .otherwise. Sometimes this .is sought to be withheld, but in a case before me, I am sure no one will dream of deducting a single iota. A firm of Dunedin dentists advertise that in a certain small country town '. " We were the first to introduce the cataphoretie battery for obbunding sensitive dentine." On this they partly base their claim* for support : most certainly they should receive it in full measure. Th 9 persons who perform the great and glorious work of introducing to a suffering dentine the' boon of obtunsion, is deserving of the heartfelt thanks oi: the community. What on earth it means I haven't the faintest idea', but if it is not introduced, into Waimate at once I shall consider the people here hardly done by.

Mrs Yates is not exercising the sweet influence over the borough council of Onehunga in New Zealand, that is to be desired. Indeed, her presence is stated in one report to have led to an " unedifying spectacle." When Mrs Yates was Mayo? of OneEunga her sway was

masterful, but now that she is only a councillor she objects to the mayor haying large powers. Tenders had been advertised, she said, without tho consent, or even the knowledge, of the council, and she objected to the whole of the business being done by the mayor and town clerk To paralyse the meeting she withdrew, tyilh Mr Vause, the only councillor euppor ing her, to a place among the aud'enco. The chairman sent for an absentee councillor and a quorum was formed. While committees were boing appointed " Mrs Yates reappaarsd, and without taking her chair said, ' I have returned, Mr Chairman, to protest against a minority of Ilia council appointing all tho commit toes for tb.9 year. It is simply scandalous, and I say you are entirely out of order. In fact, you don't know how to conduct the council meeting, Mr Chairman.' The report says that tb.9 chiirmm merely smiled and want; on with busin ss. " Mr Vause at this stago reappeared, and as ho steppod into the room said to Mm Y&fces, ' Hollo ! Are you back again ? ' Mrs Yates — ' Yes. I was obliged to come back to keep thase men in order.' Both resumed their seats.'' Business proceeded amid interruptions. The, town clerk had to continually rais^ his voice ffo bo hea"d, and as Mrs Yates did the same the meeting became a babel of tongues, and it was only put a stop to by the chairman adjourning the meeting." The report ends by stating that " the spectators present characterised the meeting as tho most disgra6eful ever witnessed in Onohunga."