"PIRATE KING."
Mr. W. M. Tyers, a w«J),kjw>wp Cnjkistchurch accountant, concludes a striking indictment of Mr. Mawey'* iuiouitfme l*nd Lawp Amendment Act wM> the following paragr aph >— " It is for the people of New Zealand to judge whether a proper uee of the arithmetical hocus-pocus refcrjwd to ... was made by him as a' public man to induce the pal© of tb* freehold of public lands, or if this is a flagrant instance of the. breach of that good faith which is the very basis of society. To mc. Mr. Massey's latter «p«!eh seems well worthy of Gilbert's "Pirate King.'\ Ijl&rtog boarded the ship under the ffcioni Jack and njni the demoralised king's" , cr*w under hatches, he now truculently hoist* hit own 1 brave black flag" with the ekall and crossbones.'" ■'.'■■'
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Maoriland Worker, Volume 4, Issue 147, 26 November 1913, Page 4
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130"PIRATE KING." Maoriland Worker, Volume 4, Issue 147, 26 November 1913, Page 4
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