WALMSLEY AND THE NATIONAL BANK─AN EXPLANATION.

Waikato Times, Volume IX, Issue 503, 10 August 1875, Page 2

WALMSLEY AND THE NATIONAL BANK ─AN EXPLANATION.

SS^n|i®S3^^!^ ft 3 I*was a favour the use KlliinPJ^b ))uma?, "and knowing that they Vint alone for legitimate didcunwhen it can fairly he Hfcftn^fjllafißre my" request will be granted and Mdjt^)i|^pß^^« Oi course, &am aware that PlCTp^Kfe*^^^^ I^^ any general interest and fc^nfjljtfn^ny of yv>ur readers wi 1 wonder why W sVoina b^YnjL^njA' t^r of this kind before the Wpiiblift£,thTfaj|W^/nis3iam of the Press; but, JferoVn^ smttßi^agrosa injustice has bern pcr-rffef-ratiifd)' anj»u t-*I am. debarred by a one-sided n^reemen^wnioh I fo highly signed, from obtaini flSiyiezal red^^ft^y will ft t onre see that thero £6&jemamBt.\it&vppurBo open. It is probable I "arfp-jtemiMn in tho^Waikato and go into business of abxnb kind. the'e r oreit becomes doubly ne^esaa>y~fhat; I should clear my character, and th's ia "in'y apology for trTubliij; you. ' i _Sotnte' 18 months sine? while at Griham<3'owr>, 'b*>Jng al th»t tttre in tYe Dmk of New S >uth "WVe.", in which sem'ceJE h^d been for noarly nim yew, Irrei'fd overtures from the National and was toM lint if I applied I would in alj pro v abi'ty; get the mwaf|ement oft^e Gr»VftOMfown branch For 14 yr rs I lud cons'a ifclj bean moving^abouh the O«il- nv^, and I th^u^ht l>y a opting this oTi r I stiouM q t -l ed, and being i-}£lirou9 of bo""tua« n t, I decided to give up the New So ulitWrThe Brinch of the Natiouil ,nt Grrah-im tow^ waa. Opened by me iM, Marjh 1874, ani ru<in4-s p<*ogrea?ed Tery f urly whpn suddenly instructions were issued thafc only a legitimate binKiig busine3»,as nearly approaching the L-n'loi dfc-indjrd as possib'e, was to bp transact eJ. I* a*po»red tint the Lonlon B.)ard had been revewing the operations of thn B ink in the C 'lony, vee f'isht^ned at the large and inc- easing business tli-vt wv* b«*m» done, a-nd ronsiJered a check nfceaairy. Of course trying to do a b»sine33 r.n a gold fi Id, nearly approarhini the Londm standard was 8 > utterly absurd that I wrote fu'ly and etro^sly t) t)ae I spc'or, Mr Burnes, at W« I ington. poi-.ting ou v > the impossibility, and showing that the Branch cou'd not be made to pay i r such policy were followed. Unfortunately this letter apppa*s to hare refW tod firstly, upon his want of knoivler'ge of gold fields' nil* ness; and secondly, upon the ign >tanca he disp'oved of the opposition to be encountered from thi* B ink oTNe<v Zealand there ; so for writing a few plain f*rt* I was pent to Hamilton at great loss and inconvenience, and had my salary j rfdua d £100 per annu n. Had I been singlo T should hive r- signe 1, but as it was I had to content rayelf with a Bt.rong rcmonstrnnro on the. breach of faitb, for I joined on the express understanding tli -t my salary was to be £400, and at which rate I wa3 paid until I incurred the Mighty One's dlppleairre. as I hive seid, I had t) pofliet the affront and proceeded to Hamilton "nursing my wrath to keep it warm." Sh rtly after my arrival here another era dawned upon the rational, the Londou Directors finding that the business still grow in the Colony despite their ins'rucsions re the Londoa standard, took ' counsel a id were doubtless sore troubled and perplexed. How wore lh°y to withstand this great floo-i of b<is ; neBi ? Aceu^torapd as they hid b°ento ace undoit'ikinga of alike mturogrew gradually and almfist imperceptibly year by year, thi9 sudden nOi of trade frightened them. Why fan^y the c^sfc of s' a 1 io'carv alone amounted for twolve nontln to £2,00 D. Thechiirmau of the Baird was q-iitc Bglia^t at tho irnn.ens tr of th<* Mini, and hn aaid he hid had great experience in tlw coU of pfns and paoer, but £2,rpO! p.-ppov terous ! ift would bo cWlv locked into, and lookei into it wa« K and a great and comforting tlisnnv»ry was made ;— tin New Z^a'aiU Inspector, Mr Burnes -a man of grevt parts and unemmjiled wife— pontd 3^o* aven in sober business, nvatters control bis facet iou^ne s mid hid, a nicety of discrimination yrhieh fch« London Board f>,i)ec\ to «ppre"iate, ohßrgcrt <wvfps, grßai iro» s?.fo S j; O a(a <ir»n«ry account. ' But, why not? ssrs the reader, why t>^> to Bta'ior«'rr,'«urflly th#y are per>era)ly locked upon a? "9tatiqpar/'?" 9 tatiqpar/' ? M^y be, but that

difference or a letter titled the tffelrtidtakiftjpSr Hoard could not toe the joke, ■oifr i^^WßJm " office furniture and fitting, v *W^ ;22&i? was shorn of' if* hog* proportional^ To return* from tliU digrei^ioi^ hefore remarked^ were ?d*f v/ asd rppnl y increasing bavt^rr; d/inwin the Colony, and flridjr nob^e controlled, wero gre^tl' d# wh >n one of the m»mber« Lrayed ihe importance oTKifeit •J^iii h*, 'Wcai.notstemthl£2lrf Jrtoviie some means for stf^ «*e not among us ths very thini I say for this emergency, let I cli illwe provide for Ihe &Mst pi ice the Cu-wy undar an obligau .. useful a pit" B^ ia tljfl e x«kt»ncfi «n joy tiwy did not give so important a measure tli^ oonsuJepalun it should hare fi!h, .for inste*,! 0 f srn*ng someittttj strong and staunch, a thin* that .would carry weight, combined with all th* latest ifrproveinects, they seu-, iu> old-f ishionerl structure totally unadapt*d for the CoW, wi h screws so loose | hat only th,o»e w ho couidiTot aroid making u-e of it diit so, in fact a "duspen* ion" bridge, which after b-'hig iet,up was o.mtantly developing somo new «ccentacife3 of moveu-eaft moit puzalinj; to tho3« who J-.aH 10 us« it. I forgot ta say 1 arri-ed in Hamilton about Christmas last, and fou«d the work of the Brand* rerv heavy, and increa^iq* rrpidlv, en 1 inorde*" to keep it up I wa> obliged to work eonstun'lyT for four months I had to work almutt every nig.it, , 4pain and again Iwro'e pointing this out to tfr> authorises and a«king for more help bat no notice was ia' c-»,— notl.kely, for w»» I not in the'bl&kbooks of the ' Great Burnes. /toy and b?i», it w.ts maaonred tint a Mr Bridges, one of the Lmd a B mrd, was on his w^y to the J&Vony to inspeo 1 } the Branches and ia duecouna he risked Kimil ♦oa, and wh?n f busihesswas ojt.r t and we Vere^ chatting about things in genrril/ be. toU m 1?m 1 ? tliifc during ihe day ha hud been for a ramb'o sui d;scohered a garden full of peich traes in^ißll Wring, that he had fens'e,d, and on offering t!ie good woman p'aym' nt fin de^'ined torecive aiythihg, but that he had given her h'tle girl a shil.ing fop the fruit. I, th'i is jmb the man to•p?ak to about the treattnept J. have receiveJ •*-- the hands of Jlr Barcej.jfor I argued that tlie tmn who wiftnld give a ttiijjjing for a few peachej when tons l»y rotting, ro^sb be, pos«es*o 1 of a kind heirt and great Jibejglity/eo I stated my case and gave him the cbfrespandence to re id. Suffioj it to aay the resujt .fully answered my expectations an I I felt thqft I would gjt juitic, and, awn aft^r, when th« news-; cima tli»t Mr Burnes hid retired- from " the ' Bank, I said to myself, "now I am righV-GFhe'haif-'yenrly ba'anca time drew wgh and tlva work became more unrctin?, aoJ I found my eyes gottmg T««y weak ani piinftil. I consulted % Beale, who>at once prolubifed any ti^hn worked eive me a oertitir; pate<rT- which I for\arjded to Sir Bridges -who had becoino Inspeoto^in the^place of Mr Burnes pointing put th it, ify to^sequfnee of being unabln to work »>fc night, thd Half Yearly Returns would in all probabl.ty belat^ unless I received mir» asjistino^. The only notice taken of this letter was to the effect lint " tlw cenifieate hai been perused, and he regretted tint »o> much nightwork should have been liwessiry, the reason for which he could not unde^tuH." Most ,»tgo and logical conclusion ! ]i w couM he under stand tlvit which he , hid not seen, and which* 119 had no means of estimating. The ntur & , w re la'e, but not tob'lute, for th^y wen 1 , to London bythem.il th«>y werd intended t«» go by. But ha&jl'se some slight lncmvenience hi! beea entailed^on theflnsp 9 ctor's offije, I recoivei th-ee monfchsjitf^g&fcf disiniasal from tha service, hub was loffTtt^giat^fl- of the Branch until the time rxpwe|^bj9wlpg thereby thit ther» faxs no oh*r£ft^£sra fiwous ra'ure against roel\eom» tim^Bince^lwrota to Mr Bridg*s for a character, whio^a* yl^Jie has not thought fit to g've m% jSama^^^eiy chance 6F future employment. #aithercoaS»iHit is needless, through the inliffe r.^. C0 ;-*iTOfe in P ow " J Bllffor bodil V burt, winch him bright; ab.out the n<>e«3sity for dismjsMng 4fe f-*hey dismiss me for § "3e they are and as a rrfiptnient. of juttice perhiji to temper* their severity, they gave me at la3t the assistance f ' asked for. — Yours &c, D. Walmslly.