POLITICAL ROTES.--N0..30. '"' ' THE LAND SAX. Old Plutus, lazy god of wealth* Came fair Zealandia w00mg,.,. . He found her young and passing fair, Her sun-kiss'd trdsses flowiriK, : Her1 blue eyes sparkling in the sun, . • , Her smiles as sweet as honey, ~, , . She thought she'd wed the golden god, . ; Forshe was;sh6ftbf iribney! . But somehow-JAh!:'twas ever so— , SombiWretohed whim caipe o'er,her. Her Mends Were fils'e, and painted blacK ■ , . ■ The golden dreama before her! For Plutus whispered in her, ears :' "Wealth lies.in sunny acresl? But others, told, her foolish fears , ;. "It lay to money makers." And so she called around her throne The land and those that fill it;, ~,.. ; The owners tfri; their pi'ancing steeds,, : The farmer's men •who1 till 16; ; •■'■:" -: ■ " Come-tell me true, I pray of you,. .. . f : : HoW;Wealth may come;frpm taxes?" ; ■ '• . (She knew h6t then how many ine;n ; Were grinding theii? bwnaxes.) So the workingman said. "Tax the banks;'1 ; The banks Baid, " Tax the farmers;" The owners cried in all their pride— ' " That's so; you lovely charmers! Taxcomraon mei>i Smith,' Jones, and Brown, , , The tailors, snobs and bakers; ... , / ■ i Bttt never'lay unholy bands' \ Upon" our smiling acres." ■ '•. ■" ■ But Plutus frown'd and held aloof,; . .And kept his treasurer! moriey— '. : Although Zealandia smilrfd in love, , U And flowed.with milk a*nd honey; ; ; V : Hei spreads his.Svings, and off he fuea Without the least relenting— Zealandia iWeeps her lqver's loss, Her golden god lamenting I ' . , *Now,woarepoor,aninp;inistake, 1 With patches on Our brdeohes"!1' '.'•!, Although there- li^sbefbrd our eyesl'' •'■ . A mine of untold-riches;.: ,: ~: . But what's th;e,ußß of speaking truth, . , ' 1 : The wprjd believes its fakirs. _;. Before old Piutus, god pf wealth, ■- f Andtall our golden a&Jes 1 - ■ ■ ■ So dig and die! and let, xpur1 sons . ■,; Work evermore'as moaners, : ■ BesureyPu. wiiinetliafriKhtdivinei* .; \ faceuweduttlanu^owneiptt .: : Pay up your tax «n. food and olothes; Work hard and revel in it; . / ■,■:'•■ And you* will know the'more jrou'sow Theimoreth«deViK3?in.ftlJ 1 ■ . . ' fiuiplutiis1: whispers from aridar, ;■ ■.' • " Ze'aliindia's young and' sumiy, 'I. She'sri'chin wealth, she gldws-with healthy : She flows withmilkandiioney ';\ 'Ti3.yonr own fault you're^ lam c and halt, Discard your wretched fakirs. And Til return and-give" you Wealth When you have'taxed your'adres." 1 k -, ...... ' ~~; .. "■ . W..R. WH.L3. .', -:, . I "ROiDGH ON COKNS. c '■'. . 1 Aslc'forWells's,"RoughdnjCpxns." Quickrfli lief, complete, pei'inanent" cure. Corria, wart*1' bnnii>ns.: At chemists'and druggists'; • '' '- ' W~- ' ~~~ riHEAP COAL AND FIRE WOOD : We t aca still delivering for cash bestTi-treff Fiirewodd,, 9a- per, tea; TBlpcks.. 105.6 d-: Stove WjOpd"; 12s ; Paramatta,,7s 6d; Miranda' Coal, 209; Tau^nri,; 22k ffull1 measure* arid weight guaranteed. ;Gobdßurlr?Post3;.£4'lss per 100. All kiiids of yentihig at low prices: ( < " ..,.,..,. ~ _ ; is ...... ■■g;- w %j l ij}- Co - :-'•_■'■ Cuatoms-st. East (opposite Wingate&Burna.'s). 'JHQ&L, GOKE,; '"A&V; FIREWOOD. ; SMipitdi Coal(housahdld),22spej"tonjWailato dd.,2te^gi'toir; LongWoodVifromßs io'9s6dpoß ton: and."sf?Bt Ti-treo,Blocks, 10a.6d per ton. ■eltvored' io' any psrtiof the town or suburba' . for (Man. ae^d ordefa tor McMinstryand TttlliS' .Pftrnell.':' • - ' '■''-■■■• '.•'-.- '•'■'.' C " oalsl' ':c6k^, ", 'ci^McGAt, FiRE- . •*" wdoo. Bestßata, Ti'ree, and PMifi*FirejWboi; flrst-class TanpMi'.Newogßtlm arid Kamo Goal, atJLowcst.Price for Cash. Furniture core/ully Kemoved, and Good's Delivered to all pans of thff city and sußttrbs; at-.Lowest^Rates.-Note ffiffitddreserCi PIPER, opposite the Poasonbjf Kfeaervoir; and cornerOE Newton ana,KarangaiiapeEoads. . . B'ehtistry. ',a Ml O ~A R Vk % . "^^:" auB&EO'N" ifbjutiaH ' \ ■ (By Bsamitiation) <L«te flyc yeirs wlth'Bi Cor & Soa]f/ • MAS, ■ ■ BB:t;,C?O|rß>XiaM>; '■' 'A3P,;'Hia-■»■-.RSfflCPaif Cy ■ GAiRKETT'S BXJIXBINGS, ' ' Sktaiagahapo" 'Roadi near top of Howe-strct ChaxgesMotLerate'. Gas Adminlatorad. T -'($• OOD'W £ST O0 X ~"'■'.■' US.iCiuMn-atrse^ -, iiHJP.Soolotartlßulldlaift . AuoHan*. Mwetoitects. ED WAR D" BAR; TLBI V, . , , AtRCHTTKCTj, ' • - : '■ 1 ■: SKIOHiBrtrKT'S BUIIiD-MJOSj , . ',;',.'.'. rQPl!^H^Tl^EE'll;:;.:v J^. '.:.:;:: f IinDWAIiD MiAHONEY AND- SOl^ ARCHITBCT.S,: .tit rl lV iTM"~~B~Kirfisr gto n" 11. Ism.'. ©.21vM.lNSftM.lt, ' J ~ ■ .. ;■..- ■'. : '■']■:■ ~'-':'■'■■*:' JJI • pA^^CFIEyBA^'MARINB). i Capttal-..^»-jm. ~.£1,000,000. Paid-up andiSeßewrili^d3..-^&(3S,OiW if&m&Brimt .:wbom>: WTB&oit '^MARI#BIf LO% CAH BE'EffFBOTBD OTTHIB COMPJINT. . ; < 5| i^lJte ;lffl* '■■WlTH''.paoJifPl!ttO3B#A^; JAiiiES BUTTLE. Maß&srofi. 1■ - '' "■ t FiilJlic: TJotlAes^J'^ ; /; ~; mdf SECRETARIES OF RACINGi;. ; B^GAil^:;'AW CRICKET CLUBS: ■;. : ,-s ■' . ;,,' just Received at , "•' ■ :THE V'STAJR"PRnTTD^O; wd"RB:s;--"' l;1 1 A. CEoioc'^Assortment of '^plißi^^'l^bldil^WjPiSll! Double* SmaWi Aamlrahiy adaptea'for prograinmea ot \ T^^JorthCoinlflsrflxttirßEk ; . I - ';, / ' ]_ ■,;•..'. '' .. ■.' .-. -'••■'• ' . -- t W r L- B T " '*■ " /*■ -' • ' ' W^NDKiSr-STRBST.,.: : \\, ' ifiy.^f/-- '~ MimCHANTS' ACCOUNT BOOESi ' JnstuSal^u^/K^terpooks-BpecSttDr ■■T~ ...■-: :, Ruled and Bfiund-r ....; ■'•.,■.. ~ Music. mAoe. •n®%M«ggto£!u& Bajtersr Special B^JDfl^Bfldk*. ~- , Bibles, Prayer and HymniJooKa <■-, i}^, BAOT> AND OHOm MUSIC 6qQggr"BtEECr *-* "O '■• /T^'O r" B' A T^ 'Hi AX at ROTH'S PUBLIG HOT, OOLDi_ana SOba>gero]mlaitLiNG| OnenUll wo* day! f from 6 fcrovlo 9p.m;,,and Sunday Mornings from 6 tfll 10, TJjo bath-rooms.are: all -RriYate, and suppUed with ovcry convenience-Turkish * towe]*, flesh -and- hair brushes, combs, rest* rato?k eto. Select *bath-rooHis <PjJ?aS^,i?J ?Um&Wtlftvßm »*' all1 hpors, with; female 'attendance j One ShllUnfeandSbctience. Pleaaa 1 th«GriwfibutfdHbtfe^andnexttha Ohoap.Bed. ; dlag end ffnSmltnre; *»>*•* Auckland* N.B*w iipjjjperinattendm""*- . . .. i ._ i , .;, -;,..,., r ,;. ,-...-, J» J # S'-WIKKHBT-Oa WOOD TURNER, WrNDHAM-BTBraAt; : . ..< ; [Bstiiblißhied 1886 i]; A reductloh of 26 nor cent; on all common work ' BMittrd-Ball^Ekohtogedj . . •■ .
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Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 219, 17 September 1888, Page 3
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