A FUNNY MEETING.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2193, 13 January 1886, Page 2

A FUNNY MEETING.

They are having some fnn it Iketahuna just now, as will be wen from the followj ing description of i Hasting, which lug been forwarded us by i veracious correspondent :

A most successful md Influential meeting was held the other eveainj in the blacksmith's shop,- Iketah'una (by kind permission of Mr C. Goddard) by the friends of Mr T, Youager, the .tandmg candidate for Eut Wairewpa, which, most unfortunately, was rather aproarioui owing, it is believed, to aeveial of the sitting member's friends, as alto t few upholders of another rival oaadidate being present, seemingly foi the. sole purpose of pmratiag Mr Younger from expressing his views j but, foriwaWy, upon Mr Home being swore in as a special constable by the committee of management, ord« was with difflcult* maintained. Upon the chaiiman (Mi Sfllar) taking his seat upon the mil, and after his having briefly addressed the company present, Mr WUkavt uked the candidate whether he was in favoi of having a tonder put out for extracting the teeth from rats, so that the impecunious settlers should not be inconvenienced by their eating holes in their flour bags. Mr lounger thanked Mr Wishart for his suggestion, but thought for.the present this could not be done, as it would cost tho country toQ much. Mr White then asked Mr Younger if he would kindly help to-pass a bill through. Parliament for the purpose of supplying guinea pigs with spectacles, so -as to prevent their eyes from dropping out when suspended by their tails. Mr Younger did not think this was necessary, as there were very few. of the settlers round who would give a

guinea for a pig when there were plenty:' of "Captain Cooks" in the bush ; but' : upon Mr Bunkum saying that he had < several at that price, Mr hunger said ho would be decidedly in favor ,Mr .' Swetethen asked Mr YoungerHfiether •' . any compensation would be given to the settlers whose holdings would be disturbed \ by cutting into them for ballast for the '"'■' : renal railway, but Mr Younger said for the present the ferial railway must do without ballast, as they wanted it all for the roads. Mr Younger then rose to say' a few words upon the adWblenes3 of having all glasses marked bo that every purchaser of beer, should ' know the exact quantity received, /and • not be imposed upon by having too much froth,,and this was deemed by the gentlei- : men present to be absolutely necessanfc Mr White then said he thought.that%V ' would be advisable to have a lavatory' erected in the House of Repreaentativea j but Mr Younger was greatly opposed to this, as he thought if a member wished to wash at all, which he Considered quite unnecessary, he might bring a flask of water with him, which would last him through.the session. Mr Younger then " said he was greatly in favor, in fact he thought .it quite necessary, to annex Great Britain, for if Mew Zealand could manage to arrange this, she would be able to borrow fifty millions sterling so as to be able to mount moro guns for the defence • of our coasts, This was at length agreed to; after Mr Home asserting his virtprity, Several other motions of minor Merest having been put and carried, thefweting adjourned for the purpose of refreshing their brains, inner man, &c.