THE TAURANGA ELECTORATE.
io the Editor, f>ir ’ iant:a(.a Whonnn ,ue ' l(ls silence, but with hk disagree .trolly the Christ may apply, blit for & ?CT!S speech is prefe’^bloTJ . " oU , ier timc *. odher manners” is an old saying. Perhaps Pitt ,1 un,las n pp e a r through the poctu'e ot over a century a Iff r y ’|-n ip li ,,fi “P thA : pl™.l%JP , i s .. llel , tl , atponeh t T» silence at and, ,„■ r lh,s ’ «■« stability of U h s.nim-0 ts threatened on a||. abatied-- nay cowardly, fch not snflicie.it (hat there are Bobh! 'lets m the community, without a nmon of a section of the farmers ■ ' hose aim is to introduce prefereu’. tl.il volmg-a system calculated to cause much political unrest, b rM t. in';, away.
llus is the section of the community who chiefly elect the road boards and county councils, Alone liiey would achieve about fls ranch' <>s they do on the county roads, Jhcy are too poetical and impracticable. In many lands poetic people express themselves through various mediums; but nowhere else do' they write their lines in mud. Not only is the matter original, but the metre is strange. The bumps, or feet, alter every few yards, iambus, trochee, anapoest, dactyl, amphibract, spondee. These muddy stangas stand sponsor to much misery, . especially should any pace be attempted'. "Hy their deeds shall 3*o know them. ’ Most of us do to our sorrow. Thanking you for your space. I am, etc., IE HIKAU KEA. Tauranga, April 11th, 1922.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume L, Issue 7965, 20 April 1922, Page 2
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251THE TAURANGA ELECTORATE. Bay of Plenty Times, Volume L, Issue 7965, 20 April 1922, Page 2
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