EDUCATION—THE UNJUST TAX, & c.

Auckland Star, Volume V, Issue 1378, 10 July 1874, Page 3

EDUCATION—THE UNJUST TAX, &c.

Snt,—As I've taenthe rhymin' notion, My noddle bein' in full motion ; Hae ye a corner whilkye'll santion, For hame span verse ? 'Tho aiblins they micht be a fusion , ' . O Scotch and Erse. I first did write a lang prose letter, ' Whllk I entended for the printer ; But seem' in the morning paper That "the subject now Eeceives full vent, andfolks had better . Stop, and end the row.", Noo, sir, I send youlo'mothing novel, Free baith o'libeK an'o scandel; Altho' some tykes may turn their gruntle At my auld muse, ;I care .na', gin she please a bantle, '•' : ' An 'lome amuse. This while^faith, I've been seta thinkin' About what's tern»'d''infernal taxinj," An' some new-fangled way o' teachin'— ': ■■■■'■ Godless some ca, On which there has been hot debatin', Both grit and sma. The Press,* wi' articles fu' lang, On Education has been strang; *• An' letters short an' letters lang Hae baith been printed : An' may be some; thocht rather strang, Hae been neglected. . I canna* say I quite agree (Altho'that matters not a flea) Wi' Dr. Wallia' theory ** . On education ; - - Still, I think he '' bears the gree" > On this vexed question. For a' the cry 'gainst sec'lar teaching, Gin it were a gien for naething, .: . _ To schules there wad be sic a floclrlng ~'■ ' . Fxae ilka quarter: I guess there wad be few complaining - For want o' scriptur. ~ Ac thing that strikes me very strongly— The " Education Bill's " untimely 1 As the Provincial kist is sarely '.. , ■ Come to grief, .'- The " unjust tax " will bring too plainly v .Some mischief.-. Schuels waun be built in first-class style, To suit the pupils, rauk and Hie, An" teachers o' the pick and wale > O' first-class men ; Maun be had—so folks will rile A» weel ye ken;' V The sec'lurists wi'muckle zeal . . . :..,.. (I winna say.lt is na real), .... To cater for the future weal - . . ■ 0' Aucklands youth; Hae put the cart afore the hone . - . -j .I-*.:-.::: To tell the truth. i Think on a man wi' wife an" bairns, 1 £lax bob a day bein' a' he 'aims, ' Whilk in thocht by Auckland's great anes ■ . ■ a muckle fee | Tofeed an' deed an' schuel tho weans .' j ~ ' As they s'uld be. : Besides there's doctors' bills to pay— There no the lictwst by the way; ( An'leavio'oot the house o'play. - "> .. • An' sic', amusements. There's rent, an rates, an kirk'to pay, \ ..;■ An whiles interments: Already we are taxed enough - " On groceries,'babca,.whisky, snuff, H a xdwar O , ; cl O thing.and^st^ canbwo:: ; ; O^kP-O-'-rnay n.outa^pu^ theycafe;^ f Ab'< by and-by some statesmen say : ' (Tho' God forb.d we'll see the day} ThatJul'us Vogelmeans^la^^^... f v Afore the siller he can P» He b(?rrowed for „. j 1 Must bach'lars say they winnapay The "unjus]btax"inony wayi ;, Anrsometotoßeckammay , le?]?idi;M ;; An'thenreUev^them-as^ysav.- |g|j aWliilO'otKerssaythe'llgotoiail- \ '; [ , To dentil itself I it a »'uld X»il, . ; r; ::, , ; Atoroth.'Upaytbeiofe^;^^ {; ~

But wait!—Wallis has got something new, Whllk in the Crasu ho stated true : An' nae doubt, think'sfc the rale '' tru° blue'

That will up«< t The mangled, fangled "Bill and Grew" Borne monuV yet He says stacstlstios ha maun get Afore he can tnaturlsy set His schemes (whllk nae doubt is his pat) Afore the public; Quid faith, an* he may be oo'r late Wl'a hi 3 music. Noo, sir, whatever may betide, Our province in its onward stride, Great need we hae o' wisrtonis guide In Auckland city An' manglings factions lay aside

In ilka country. Then may oor province gang ahead, In arts and science tak' the. lead. An' education widely spread, Weel lined wi' Scriptur' An' literature may raise her head : An' shed a lustre.

Sawney.