FEDERATION—SEPARATION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8192, 1 March 1890, Page 1 (Supplement)

FEDERATION—SEPARATION.

SPECTATOR PAPERS.—No. 11, SLY OLD PARKES. " We ate a mighty nation, Let us up and Tick creation," Says Service, looking very proud and tall; - - " Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Shall a brotherhood be made, . And we'll not allow our trade To cause us any bickerings at all." But, aside, the voice of Parkes - In a whisper soft remarks, " When we've got our federation, , And have learned to lick creation, Why, we'll then have separation," Says old Parkes; " Dominion legislation Will make us feel a nation, And put ah end to all Imperial larks.- " Discussions of a tariff Are nothing of a bar, if We only sink our interests a, bit; We care about protection Compared with the erection % Of national Australia nob a whit," Says Service, like a man of honest grit. But, aside, the voice of Parkes In a whisper soft remarks, " When we've settled our protection We shall make our own election Of protectors not Imperial in their larks; And perhaps we'll make a sectior, Of Jonathan's connection," Whispers Parkes. So Russell for New Zealand, As if he didn't feel and Care about the tariff a jackstraw, Gets up and most politely, " Maybe wrongly, maybe rightly," Desires from the dominion to withdraw. And the grating voice of Parkes In a whisper rough remarks, " When we've got. our federation . We'll put down Ids separation With a tariff that will squelch his little larks." So they got their federation, Their dominion legislation, And began to lick creation By Imperial separation. , And that national erection By unanimous election Became a mighty section Of Jonathan's connection. And Service, honest fellow, Began in vain to bellow And denounce the horrid sell, Qhw In very hot remarks. And British statesmen wondered How mightily they blundered When foolishly they thundered The praises of old Parkes ; And Australia's embargo On all New Zealand cargo Squelched that little people's larks. Mag xi Nominis UMBRA. 1 Auckland, February, 161)0.