ECHOES FROM THE CAFE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1968, 17 February 1885, Page 4

ECHOES FROM THE CAFE.

TiiMts 1m been a niu 1 tMe " stoun in a ten cup," in co-is tjntiiLe of the City C'lM.ial iciuMlig td X lll'lt Ml <Jl.l\O» AlAi.i, a ii."inl»ei of that body, as one < f it- i.pusmtitives in the Harbour IKird, nt wli-ch lie ws chai.niaii. 15 ith the d.iili mnv.'-papeis had leading artie'c, on t! •■ Hu'nj •« t, a pci.i3iil of wlneli would hue. it 1 any outsidei to suppose that the Ct,' ( '(ni"til'oid hnl committed an nt\ pi-douible sin. Instead (>f this, th<> dr.l not only whit they md n perfect ng'it \'t do, hut what was a miht piopei Hung foi thi n to do und.i the ck.imi MinT. < I believo that th" ital r.-a=son nt Mt \i. km"- i.j'Cti"»i «.n ,n f->'.l >\\> 1). imp.' last* -n.un of 1' nil inifMt .i bill in. liitiodueol a> tli" i.iitii.c- of t!u Miiii'inr IJjatil, to i4'.\i' t'l-in eo'itiol ot flu Ui mt Liv hai hour, make some ilteia tiotu in ihi'ii toiMtitutun, &i!. While tint- lnil \vi, l>efoto tho Hots., Mi Ui>t'i i moved n le-ol'iliou in the Cit\ (', mind to the tlk-ot t'.i.i* in w.wd«.Miabl. ti it, ■ i J.uiif should be i'jtioiliic- d into it pKMi'l.nu' that the Haibonr Boaid should )oi m ami diiim all stioets on any land leJ.umcd bJoic leasing tin- allotment*. The pi op nal seemed to the tnoinbuis ot the City Council to he ,i fair and proper on", but Mr Atckiu, while admitting its jmtiui', objected to the clauso being intioduced into the Bill promoted by the ll.iibour Doa.nl, asset ting that it would t( ml to jeopirdise the pacing of the bill The otliei councillors did not see that theie was any danger, unless it was the result of op[iosition on the pait of the Harbour Boat d, and so the icbolutions wtii curied by cither seventeen votes against two or eighteen votea against one. After such a clear proof of the wish of the City Council, who senr. Mr Aiekm to re pi. sent them in the Harbour Board it might have been thought that lie would have sunk his personal opinion and c ndia\o'iiul to carry out their wish. Nothing of the sort. When tho inattei tame on for consideration at the next mi e 1 ing of the Haibour Board he spoke and voted agaiiibt the ititioduction of the t-'a'i-.e and it was his vote that turned tllO bL lie. Having found that Mr Aickin was not di-pjstil to carry out the wishes of the City Couiicl, the menib'rs of that body diLidid that, when next they had thn opp'Htumty of electing icpieseutatives in tin- Il.nbour Boaid, he should not be o.u ot them. Tluit oppoituriity occurred on 'I hur-day last, and the councillors then caniMl out their intention, electing Mi (Joldu; instead of Mr Aickin. The latter tin ti made an e\.ctedingly injudicious speech, in the course of which he said that his i ejection was intended as a snub fot himself and an insult to the Harbour lion d, of whiu'i lie li.id the honour to be chaumaii Ot course, this was all moon shine His def-at was the nitnral con ceijucncc of his having failed to cany out the v\ ishes of his constituent?, the City Council. The amount of insu t felt by the Haihour Boaid was f-hown very plainly by the result of another election h< Id on Motuliy the eltction of three tnui. hereof tho board by the ship owners an I payeis of haiboui dues. Mr Aickin, tvtiug on the prim iple that "if you can't g< t m it the garden gate you must get o\cr thcgaidrn wall," again offered him self is.i c.ni'lidatf, md \\'d>> n^ain defeated. This second defeat was not si great surj>i !■*<•, been u m those who were elected are inoi" or lesa intimately connected with the "luppini; interist, while Mr Ait-kin is not, hut if theie had bien anything liki a belief that the Haibonr Bonid had Ik i n insulted themcmbeis thereof v. ou!d f-.'t i !v !i.iv« taken .ncans to secure his election. « In all the City [yuinsinj; Distnots the c in lid iti s nomin ited b^ tho tcetotallcis h.'c b((ii fleeted M ithout opposition, but the n'lestion of ten oi eleven o'clock li- en-.<-i will have to \»: fought out in r.nndl. Jf tneie i*> anything lil.e pio pi i oi "audition on the part of- tlie Hl-ie Kibbointi i they 'liould he able to win v • y e.'.sily, as, lr.vm^ only the one olr-c-ti .ii to i onto > tliej em co'ici-ntratc the wli )!>' ot their forces. The licensed v n t lallois on the other hand, will not be uiiited Tliose keeping city hotels will wish to see the I'arnell houses closed at ten o'clock, and it will be only the people v In aie pcisonally interested in the three hoti Is in that diatuct who will endeavour to '-e^urc the election ot those who are in favour of closing at eleven o'clock. Seeing that all the city hotels will be closed at ten o'clock, which is quite kite enough, if not too late, it is much to be hoped that the .same hour will be observed in l.M iicll. Theie never was a moie favour aU • tune for making the change. The enthusiasm aroused by Mr Booth has not li id tnno to subside, and theie are many iiicn now wealing the blue ribbon who ai< not likely to bo wuuing it a year Ik nte, and as they h;ue only the one bitt'e to ii o '*it they ceitamly ought to him it, deipite tho fact that their cm didattM arts haidly so popular a^ thtir (■pjJ'JULlltS. # V The cuijaii y held by the Hospital Com ni.ttte into the chaiges n.aile auuinst Di 1> md, the House Suig-'on, Ins iet>ulted in t'icii' leijuestnig that ceiitleinan to mml in his i< j'g-iation. Tins is a pity, Ihoiusi. ho ii a {.-ood man. iJut it is a <• e*e of " another good man gone w long," on 1 so lie .3 better away, even though an lniiiiioi man be appointed in hid stead. piovnluil the infeuor man is prepared to dowhith" i.s told, and does not think pla)in b ' tennis of moie impoit.uiec than looking afcei his patient*. A auggestion lias Ikxii in tile with i(-g,vrd to the tutuic niaiiagini'tit of the Hoopital. w hic'i ki >Miis ti> b« woilhy of the most cartful < on-<idi rttiou of the eoinmittco, .md 1 iloultt not that it will leceivu it. It is th it a itsi'L-nt supeiintendint, not a do toi, should be appointed, and that Ii" sl'oi.ld hive eompl.'tu ontiul of the Hos jut il. it would be hw clu*y to see that ail patw ntB ncivcd proper attendance, .ii lange wlneh doctor should have each i,\^ 1 , and be n bpijnsib'e for tho carrvnii <»'it of the d oi toia' lnsti notions. The pi in has a good deal to lecommond it, and would certainly tend to prevent the it i iinunce of what Smith says happened to him— th 1 House Surgeon neglected to cany out the outers of l)s Kicharddon, wl.obe patient he was 'a The c\ptihti')ii sent by Kngland for the rehet nt (ieneial Coidoti and the gaiiisou (•f Ivli ti touni, it an iiuinenbc expense to Hi ilnt.sh la\paycn, has ptoved a l,t. liii", ow ing to th' 1 treaclieiy ot the l'i»h.i vv lr> i oiiim mdud the noiKl.inoaO tido|)-', w !i<j lui'ly murdcied the bi.ivc I'jU^lishiu in Tim is .i sad eiidini' to the can or of one of the most chiv iliotw, if one of the ii'ost rjuixotic, men the pic-cnt (Liituiy his pioduccd. Whatever hid (iiotsof pidgment, it e.innot be denied thitit v i-. a vvondiiful act of biavuiy *< <;o foi th .ilni'j'-t alonii into tho deaeit niliibitc I by tnbis of wild and fmitKil .eivigf.s, trusting to 1113 own I/ 1 uiK !es^ I'fi; and Ins noble ft pu itious (■n tin- w If/ie of the Aiabs to pioteet Ii hi hoin <lang( r. His defence of Kha"rto'i n against ovciwhobiiing odds showed a.ifutomshing amountof skill and ability, < ijualled only by the dwfeuse of Kais by (.inoial Williams. It ii tiuly Jamentable to know that (Jordon'o skill and In iverj w^rc simply wasted, and that, ju<t in the iis.juing ainiy was ..luio^fc with 11 aiglif, hv ft Jl a victim to f'-ul tifaehen. Of couib", the army sent t" Mscne will stay to icvin r :e, but that v ill not In ing li.k k to life the brave dead, and whit is to follow the levenge? Undoubtedly, the best thing that could h ipp<,n tor both Hgjptiain and Sotuliu < 'o vvotild be for Huglind to establish a ji ote -to rate ovf r Kgvpt and its depen 111 in le-', but the te is the danger that this might lead to Kuropean complication?, .■did t)i- Knglish tav-pnyer would soon lmivv titcd oi maintaining a costly protectorate. * It is very *atisfa.ctory to know that toudcrH will shortly be called for the count ruction of tlip first aectionn of the North I*laiul Trunk Railway. '• Tailioa "it tho

watchwoid of the Maous. Wi- cannot do ln.ttui than edio tlit.ii own watdiwoid to then just i.ow. Il they "ill 01. ly " taiho.i ' loi two 01 time yen* until w v c t oni l.uiw.iy tin f»:iujli th< n roiintiv, we iii.iy sili ly (lialtaud the litl>i to'cc of the Ai nic i CV>ii-»tnlni!niy, .ui'l tibotiali the olfimof X.vtivt 1 M t ni-tei . It is r.ither cm ions th.it John IJill.uu'u should sue wed Jolin H'jcc in tluit ollia 1 , <i ml that the foinui sl.o-.dd now hv rcap.ng wliat Ins ii\.tl t-owud. (Vttamit i«, liouvxir, tliat the jiH snt Minister wotild not Hml m.itten p)ing so '•mo dlily lud lie heen the pic Iff. s-iui in-t(.vl of the sued s^oi of the " heio of I'.uih ik.i. ' St. Mi'M.n.