A "Ship of State"; or, the State of a Ship.

NZ Truth, Issue 578, 15 July 1916, Page 1

A "Ship of State"; or, the State of a Ship.

AFTER FOURTEEN YEA^S. Labor repreaontatlvea, in'conference In Wellington woek* flocldeii (j» re-name their old craft once again. "The New Zealand Labor Pa^ty" ia.the '.latest title, and it happens to be the, same as that adopted fourteen yoaxa ago.

Yhe workers' iShip of Promiso ' ; Waa launched long years ago. With shouts of acclamation, rTh6 plugs wera all aglow. And Labor leaders, filled with „;•'. pride,l. Proclalmad her nama on every side. The people waited by with glee To i<» that bark put out to tea.

But fourteen year* have vanlfchj^v^-Au Since that auspicious day, .<-\:.\'::*s?;' And the workers' Ship of Proml*^^ • Sail* not upon her way. .T . ■-i The ojyjtains and the crow*, untufcl, Have vbhanged her name vujth much concern, « Till now. they're back to Nombw One. She's »tHI m port. Whafa to be done?