THE KAKA POINT CRITIC.

Clutha Leader, Volume XLVII, Issue 51, 24 December 1920, Page 2

THE KAKA POINT CRITIC.

There resided in Balclutha, that town of dust iind wind, A gentleman of learning, who had become colour (blind; lie ihad been swallowing paltent medicines, but all to no avail; 'He decided 'to anake a shift. So starts my pleasing tale.

One morning he ipasscd the Freezing Works, down 'by the river side, He got a sniff of the rich aroma that was floating far and wide, His hands) went up to catch his nose, his organs were out of joint. "1 reckon I'm a dead man, I'll make for Kaka Point."

Wo the. stranger caunc to Kaka Point his health for to recruit, JIo was one of Pharaoh's lean kine, with a 'badly-'flttiug suit. . 'lie came from up 'the river—he had 'been fed on unicrdbes 'there; 'Having just left the doctor's hands, ho offered up a prayer.

We spied him walking on the beach around near Wilslrer Bay, He looked a -melancholy wreck, fast going to decay. 'But as he (breathed the rich ozone, his eyes roaming far and wide At the 'beauty, of the. seascape, with ■rich ibush on., every side.

We felt his nerves ,gcfc stronger, his stomach seemed at play. •''l am off to the .first hoarding-house, ■l'll have a feed to-day, I don't know- what has wrought the change, all my organs are at work; T. feel as lively as a sandfly, and as hungry as a Turk."

Me sot to work on 'Raki 's flounders, he scoffed a large sole as well, With fruit salad and jellies to follow his girth began to swell. With a craylfish su<ppcr now and then he colmineiieed to enjoy life, "1 look upon this as paradise. If 1 only had .inv wife."

The rare fragrance of the bush 'and Iblooin of the rata trees, Tin* rich scent of the manuka as it rustles in the 'breeze ■Make a man as fit as a fiddle when he breathes the rich ozone—"1 feel very loathe td leave it, though ' my wife has called me home."

So with a. fortnight's good feeding and a restful change ibeside, Daily rambles in the bush and a dip in the eventide, AH fragrance and rich spices that tile huiinan frame a'bsor%s Mad improved the frame and intellect of our critic Mansfield Forlbes.

With health restored midbrain enlaTged •with phosphorus from the fish, His intellect had 'become quite clear. He has only one great wish: To work out some mighty plan to save people from distress. You 'think to save your town from flood by publicity in the press,

Or to run the hospital on proper lines, or pump the Clutha dry, Or start an aerial service to other planets in the sky, No woollen mills ami electric schemes, he's out for one alone, 'And to colmplete this mighty one he now spends his nights at home.

Such schemes as these are.paltry with 'the one upon his Itirain, He is out to save the nation from calamity and pain. To twit him with such notions you're completely out of joint, ife has only' one great end in view—a fast train to Kaka Point.

'.Should ho interview the Premier, and get a 'money grant, The AVelfare 'Committee will assist to erect the plant. Tf we have the train toy Christmas we'll dance the Highland fling, And our friend Forbes who brought off the coup we 11 crown him Lord and King. BUSH BTBD. K'aroro Creek.