CENSORED

North Otago Times, Volume C, Issue 13176, 3 October 1914, Page 3

CENSORED

■ (In'The Bulletin.)

I wrottv a little poemon tlie .Eiiropqjji '■• War; ■:' I used 'a lot of tricky rhymes nopoiif, , used before; • ■■ <t j'' ; , T filled it up with slaughter, «nd:il sprinklod it with gore— .:. ;' Tn heights of verse my pon Roared! 1 wrote in patriotic mood, of England nrnl of Prance; ~ -'• ■>'■' I urged the Empire onward, and I yelled to it, "Ailvniveo!" -;,":'■. v I smoto tho Gorman hcnvily: my-pen became a lance— ...... .'<■ But it was censored! , ; . My Pegasus ho'hobbled, .and he even clipped its-wings; : ,-'■';■ T wrote of -- and —, and of many otlior'thiiigs, ■••' He pnssod a phrase or two, like "bitter ; murinurings" ~ -/: And cvon '.'War's immqnse 'sword!"

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All this was'censored! ' : v

N.-—(The S.W. was consored).

Tho ' acclimatisation people, in Christclmrch are sending out guns to wipe put llio inhllnrcls,.and theyare talking of pursuing tho same object in the Waitaki the reason being that these, birds are. crossing with the. v greys and ; losing their sporting value.