"MARSDEN COUNTY."

Northern Advocate, 28 November 1914, Page 5

"MARSDEN COUNTY."

SOME ANCIENT HISTORY,

'~ lie following verses, excerpted iiom the Whangarei newspaper of November 11, 1881, will prove of some interest to old stagers; not because of their poetical merit—-they hav e none —but as recalling "ancient" political history of _."'» years ago, before Marsden and Kaipara existed as separate electorates.

FORECAST OF WAIROA PROGRAMME. '

Said Dargaville to Mitchtelson, "'The 'lection corfies again; i race your nerves to highest tension, And we'll join in ffie 4 campaign. That we can talk tall gammon We'll . let \V"aipu. folk see, And we'll likewise try our blarney Oh the men of Whangarei. "There's our' trusty , friend, young Buckhurst, He has genius few can boast, We will take this young man with us, lie will be to us a host. That he's a brick at canvassing You. must agree with me, , For he knows all the electors Within miles of Whangarei. "There's a bar in Waipu Harbour Mind now —get your lesson pat):— Some tons of Noble's dynamite * Will blow it out of that. The people all of Marsden Point They .want a wharf you see, And the river—it wants dredging For the men of Whangarei. "The s nuple dupes at Whangarei, They thirst for railway still; It must go to Hikurangi/ To accommodate the Mill. Ard t'-n -Tien of Opuawhanga T( > if-soi rt« v ill come \ ~-u .. yjv. :,..-„ ..ic.i get railway • , ! To bear away their*gum. "Then the men of Tikipunga Will support you, never fear; I know them of old; and they All like a flass of beer. You must promise them a brewery, It's a clever,dodge, you see, .vnd you'll cany all before you At the poll at Whangarei. ' Then the men that live at Kamo (They've used me rough before), i think >_v have secured them all By buying up that store. With the men of Rua'tangata I'll put you-on a plan— Just te'l'them you'll do up their -*- roadsr' , • • • ■ -- ~ They'll back you to a man. "This"lesson "to your memory Ybti must commit it quick, ' And do not spare the blarney, sir, But lay it on real thick. And when you are Prime Minister, As rye no doubt you'll be, Think of your doughty, henchman, And the poll at Whangarei. '•'t- LONGBOW. November 11, 1881. ' '