MR HENRY BUNNY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3673, 27 November 1890, Page 2

MR HENRY BUNNY.

Eventful Meeting's. (From Our Own Correspondent,) Carterton, This Day. '■& Mr Heury Bunny, the politician) V beld a doliglitful little. meeting at Clareville last night. The gathering was advertised to take place in the sohoolroomat eight o'clock. When the time came those who bad assembled could be almost ■ counted on tho: fingers of one hand; iHR •• - wished to exaggerate. we should uso both hands, The school-room was found in darkness and looked up. Mr Bunny had omitted the courteous and business-like step of giving the Chairman of the Sohool Committee, or the schoolmaster, the oustomary notice that tho use of the building was required. On their part, they hardly felt justified in lighting up and ' preparing a room on the mere " strength of a newspaper advertisement, casually seen, announcing that a certain person, Mr Bunny to wit, was to address the electors in tho Clareville Sohool on the evening in question. That gentleman, as behove a.member.of the Education Board whose dignity was assailed, beoame virtuously indignant and' wanted to know why he could not have the room, and why the place: was not lit up! He was quietly ' told that the sohoolroom had never been asked for, and that there was not the slightest objection to.hilfc using it as soon as tbo Chairman (Mr Feist) had been commnnioated with. Ultimately astart was made at about half past 'eight, with Mr Colin, Goodin in the obair. Mr Bunny's remarks were very brief. He said he did not wantijfc' make a speech. His views had beln published, and they all knew them. If, however, they wished to ask any questions ho would be very happy to answer them.

MrH. Burgess, an elector,' said that he had not seen the newspapers, and ho did not know Mr Bunny's views. He was under the confiding impression that he had been invited thero to hear them.

Mr Bunny thereupon,treated his audience to ten minutes concentrated wisdom.

Mr Burgess then asked some' questions, and Mr Goodin (tho chair-, man of the meeting) did likewise.' The inquiries of the latter drew forth iroinMr Bunny the remark that ho could not holp feeling disappointed in his Chairman, who was ovidently a partisan of the other Side. The meeting then terminated, a . vote of thanks being passed to Mr Bunny after somo wrangling abort/ 1 the method of proposing, The wholf, proceedings were very brief and unoonsequential. ■

At Waihakeke, On the previous Tuesday evening, Mr|Bunny addressed the electors at Waihakeke, Mr Acooks fan avowed supporter of Mr W. C. Buchanan) occupied the chair. . .s<& Mr Bunny had at first shown a disinclination to go into tbe school room at all, evidently preferring to adopt a conversational style, and i speak to his audience, which numbered from ten to twelve people, where they wero. He did not, he said, beliore in these small country .meetings, but his opponents ,had iusbitutfid them, ant 1 , he was not going to let them imVe things all their own way, Mr Bunny mentioned that as far as he was conoerned they all knew his views. Of course, if: - they wanted things to go on as they were, they would again return the:. "twogreat Bucolics."- Aftersomev other remarks from the speaker, a vote of thanks was passed to the candidate and the chair, and tk meeting, which had been an orderly : ■ and a quiet one, concluded.