A BREEZE AMONG THE IMPROVEMENT COMMISSIONERS.

Auckland Star, Volume IX, Issue 2516, 17 April 1878, Page 2

A BREEZE AMONG THE IMPROVEMENT COMMISSIONERS.

Aib : " Lannagan's Ball." The Improvement Commission in n assembled, ' MRtiw, The Presidentb'.ing His Worshin that. Judge Fenton and Chambers their■ w^Oi;. wended— w»y to A I must mention my Mend, Johnny rv was there. y From the Town Clerk a letter wn. -„ , ' timating was read, j. That the last-named civilian hart <-... call, "a jost had That his taste and good iudgment with* . rating, ' lJ101«ovet. Would foster our rights in this G rarid _ Chorus: Tiddy-dy-y eigh>& ° Now the business commences, and _n attention v «1 auj To economise time or be left in the In™*. And Commissioner Tole's letter aekwrt «?; mention eQ themt 0 •' How much they would take for the Wo.i Church? "esi<syan Mr Brock offered Bacon's estate (not a hi* " Five hundred and interest" was theSriSH. would name; UB BBOl_._ Twas agreed on all hands 'twould be well (•„ Adam ""wask To furnish a plan to them, shewine-I>,„ „ (Chorus.) g "*<»»<- Jndgo Fonton next moved, and Chamtuw, . seconded, ÜBr» he ''^Courf bUildiDg in US° aS tbe Maci3t rate . ! To the Town Council be offered" a ft.*.. . reckoned it ""»<* h "Would tend to upset all the Justices' sum*! "That the price be determined hv *i arbitrators" oy "nee (It this principle's good to confess it I'm w.. "Each party choose one, spite of all »'• mentators, v °°inThe third one could be nominated by both Chorus of Commissioners: " Tiddy" & Application being made by a travelling cir-n. " For a space on which beasts of the Forest to Whence a'revenue, not to be sneezed at woni. come t'us, ' wo *v The Commissoners'certainly wouldn't gay*„ But an Ex-Captain Johnstone, wrote _t™ V protesting ""Jl. "Such a step, sirs, should not ba De-mm-. at all," fB-nmted i " T'wouldendangerhislife, and disturb hisnliAri 1 resting f sm> But no advocate found he 'mongst (hose in h, hall. m Chorus of Exasperated Captain:" Tiddy, & c » Lat me s'pose for a moment that Johnst™.. foreboding ■ ™ues Were couched in such terms,' less nleium-. than pain * ""^ " Fancy gored by a bull at his gate, as he rori« in; UB ■ "Not they manage these things, so mm* better in Spain." "Or a bloodthirsty tiger might catch him who,, landed, " "There were Lions and Leopards,but that wasn't all; • "Such a thing was preposterous -—if wa stand it, m "But he'd have his redress, in or out of «__ hall. mat Chorus of Lions and Tigers: " Tiddy, Sea." Next to think of being rushed on his way to • h_3 business - "By a Panther, where XXXX would har#r avail, ■ (To avert such misfortune he'd gladly l__v_ given us A Hogshead or so of the best of his ale;)" But he sees these officials are deaf tO'remon strance, And his best founded arguments gone to tie wall; But he'll canvass the towii for a seat "Bonlfo conscience," To gie *3arkfu-o-sair-banes to the boys of. that ' hall. Cantant Omnes: " Tiddy, &B,"----*A sound drubbing. PKffINIK