THE HAMILTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 585, 19 February 1876, Page 3

THE HAMILTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE

Sir, — Ihtyejiuii fend in the Tibus of to-day, thi» rery choerful epiitle to A Cox, Ksq., M H H.. indited by the Hmrii.ton 8011001 Committed, praying that gentleman lo u»e his influence to obtain from tbe "powers thit be," a site for a school house and teicher's residence in tint preteutiout city. A more 'outemptibly fUlcome literary production {hearen tare the tn*r<), ft lias norer been ray good or rathor ill fortune t«» peruse Mr Cox ii implored to "be good enough to kindly u«e your i»reat influence both osu member f>r the distKct and as ft gentleman of liii»h ■ooial poiition, auch beuig of much importance m obtaining favour in Vaatteri* 'of this nature." Alt*, what f« "Hamilton coming to, th it tb.)"C •ycophanti fchould glory in pVibliahiug their litllenew to the w rid ? Mr Cot v, tvitliaut doubt, a Tory jjood " m*n for Galway" and w> 'mike anarerage represent*tire in tlie A.i-a 'mbly, but in the n Hue of common s«n?e, whit It id lio done tobebeBpattered)tbu»P "Wlij man, "ii would api) ar, ■• he (loth beitnUe tue narrow world ' (of Hamilton) "like a Oolos-ui ; aad these po'fcy men wa ( k ixndor his hu"o I 048." Th» Hiuiilton School Committee conclude their soul luspirmg appeal to Mr Cor, (to borra.v a word from Maik .Twain,) thusly :—": — " by yronutuii; <md fuitnenug tnu rcqueit," etcetera, etceiera, " you will bo conferring a substantial and hitting favour on the people ofthe district," etcetera elCtiLerti, * * * and then, thank hcuvon, they " dry up" Wvi>g 'the matrar, like Uriah ileep, with " 'umble conlidence ia 'is liable 'un'di." Bah! Sir it niike B one bilious to read »uoh trA»U, an<l I would a^am quoto the word* of ( Jai»ius " Kow in the of all tho i^olo at nee, upon what m»at does tlita our Caeiar fend that he ii grown to ir***!— l urn, &o, Anti Swoußiski!s"a*waUis Fob. 17th, 1875.