AUCKLAND ANTS.

NZ Truth, Issue 68, 6 October 1906, Page 5

AUCKLAND ANTS.

(Barrister and Solicitor). Those who remember Andy when he was young and shy Would ne'er have deemed he'd e'er become a racing magnate fly. He was so' modest m those days, so .bashful and so prim, Without a trace of what ' was found m rorty Joe and Jim.

Of all the cops m Auckland town Sure Hendry is the best, There's ne'er a man can take him •down At throwing of a chest.

(Book-maker). This is a world that's full of woe, ■ and bookmaker Bill Ryan Has had enough of late it's true >' to very sorely try 'un. Policemen swore he blocked the way to play his little flute They called it prosecuting, but we spell it "persecute."

(Solicitor and Financier)'* "Toiling, rejoicing, sorrowing, onward though life he goes," He looks a yid, 1 must admit, but • don't judge by his nose. He's built his Iwsiness by his brain, for he's no idle rotter ; There's many a worse man out of gaol than urbane Thomas Cotter