GOSSIP FROM TE AWAMUTU.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1971, 24 February 1885, Page 3

GOSSIP FROM TE AWAMUTU.

The piesent all absoilnng topic of lot d comeisation is the election <>f nu-mheis for the Licensing Committee. Mi Sloane was nominated, hut his nomination was cancelled for mhih' iiiegulaiit\ 01 othei. To me it seem-, stiange tli it lie, the retaining othcei foi a lieighhominij licensing distnet, should not be " au f.ut in electioneenng nuttei>, and full\ know how to undeitake the noiuin itMii <>f <i candidate, especully wlu-n tli it c mdul.ito is lnin>elf ; but time, the gic.it inn iwllci of .ill nij stet it 1 -., \\ ill c\iiitu.Ulj (.\jil.un the .ipp.uent lnconguuty. 1 Ji.ive seen the design ot the se.il of the To Aw.uuutu Town Bo.ud. It consists of a bull's head sup. p M-tmg the lOinbltMn.itic Hose, Sliannocn. and Thistle, connected togcthei by .1 scmll, on which .qipe.u^ the woid " W.up.i. ' Aiound tlie ln.ngin i)f the seal iVie tlu» wouU, "The Te Awamutu Town Bond, Common Seal." It it a veiy pietty design, and I trust the unity it e\pi esses will in leahty bo one of Fnendship, Lo\e, nn.l Truth, the thiee guiding ht.n* to purMtnal, social, or ixihtical advanceinunt. Soim' of the nu'inbeis wanted the Town Bo.ud Seal to con.sist of then nnniatuies giacfulh cngiaved on it, ho that their beautiful " phizzes " might constantly be befoic their admiring bupi>orters, or detesting oppositionist*, but better bcn.u ine\«iled, and they deeded on the Bull instead. Selfishness exists everywhere, but the soil heron peculiarly adopted foi its no'i, rank luxuriant giowth. As thu t nth produces everything, I .am c >iw-,ti'iit!v logical in saying it pioduces selfishnt'^s, which crop is caiefullj cultnatod and attended to I speak political lj. The gn'.it aim of tilt 1 pi-nplf •.(•cms to ire 'To hide the m uiyli'd, sti ingled ti utli, B.lnud the \ l'll ot si-ciuuig nith. \\ ith which si'iitui cut I close this lettei, caiingnot whom I offend 01 please Bll.i \.