THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE ROOKS.
[by one of the rookery birds.] That paternal body known as' the Napier Municipal Council will havein time a most strange but remarkable \history. They Sat in state on Wednesday night to receive a petition from a numberof householders and ratepayers living in ShakespearetSrrlße^^ifig^"thlt^a66bft'; Ladder ■Was ! in a dangeroiiß condition, and requesting the assistance of the Borough Fathers in imp®\iti^tsr 3 2DOJSVA H When out spoke Pater Cornford, A lawyer proud waß'he-s- --" Lo ! I oppose the Shakespeare men, Whose rookeries' tons. we_see;jp,3r<-fri^ *~v Of fiery blood was he : *• v,.- ~ Agamst"We SKakeapeare lie. Let fall the steps, O Council* *qr\T*sss '■ *-T{f £ With all the speed they in^rT I**^"1 **^" * I with 1 iwo other tfatliefs WiU keep the^Mifi^tjb&JOtiD In yon straight path*atnousand May easy CQin&and Then \&yiiniproTO the Shakespeare Stepfl — ■ That's what I want to know V fflJjjfPjft'fila wise, gravest Council, ifirßo "know their interests well, Resolvecl.^ou Ash ton's, motion, ThgilSp^ers'liusWtell : " Ye people who build rookeries On steepest Wllso^imffh ?X-3 ">■>!' B The steps ye put to reacii them Will tumble down in time ; But only those are- helpedWho know the Council true, But Shakespeare men, return again, t . :;■ ,aOfl!l»Siie?ffnW6lJS'K6o'wl i bf r ybu>"'-' «A^'-> •Cornford'B steps. "-•«'^- i —
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5425, 4 July 1879, Page 3
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201THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE ROOKS. Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5425, 4 July 1879, Page 3
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