MR MURPHY ON THE WAKANUI ELECTION.
To THE EdIXHUB. Sokr,—Tara an’ ages, man alive, but me frind Joseph an* his brithrin are boriin’ this eliotion beautiful, so they are. Be the morchial, we will bothar thim intoirly over the LSO chatlince, an’ shw t.re by ail that’s holey that it’s the Akaro* Railway that we mane. ’Pon me «<>wi if we lose this eliotion it will bo bekaae Joseph has too tinder a con«hunae, so he has. Ha nivver wadd allow a worrud to appare in the Male when he w»i its o ner that was not gosbpil truth—divvil a loi in it—beg-rra, so I’m towld Wilshe an’ Arnould will ehware to it. F»ix, it’s proud lamtobe wid aich company. Och ! blur an’ nous, havn’t we manidged foine wid the big min av Rakaia - the Murphys an’ the t esters an’ the H olmes an’ the Wasons are as thic kas thaves, so they are. a bit av ad voice from me Joseph will be able to win this eliotion, but faith It’ll not not do to sbiick too close to the truth. Ui sez, sez Oi, bother- Wright’s min over the chellinge, sez Oi. Bamboozel thim, sez Oi Don’t take thim up over the Mount Somers Loine, sez Oi; for faix we did jusht misriprisint Wright a litttle, d’ye tnoiud Shware its the Aksroa Lome, or the Kakaia and Ashburton Furruks, or the Otago Cintrsl; but, be the powers, don’t minchun the Mount Somers Loine till afther the eliotion at all at all ; an’ av ye till a loi cr tu, shore ye’ll git absolushun afther the ehetion, sez Oi! | ick Murphy.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1545, 3 July 1885, Page 3
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