DESCRIPTIVE OF THE "TIMES"

Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume XXVIII, Issue 1397, 1 November 1932, Page 3

DESCRIPTIVE OF THE "TIMES"

TO, THE EDITOR.

Sir,— Come hither, Brother Cockies i and "listen to my tale; I've joined, the unemployed and had a Clearing Sale. The depression and the mortgagee make far too % steep a. hill ; The firms have collared what few cows the ragwort didn't" kill. There were auctioneers and agents and pencillers galore, To watch their masters 5 interest, as they looked to mine' before. The agent, that's the doughty chap wh'o makes his weekly round, v And' gets his bit of -meal and milk thru 5 heated air and sound; He 'hands you out son»e free advice in depression times of booms, And fills the atmosphere ' with dust and nasty petrol fumes. — But still the cocky can't complain, he lives close to~~the soil, And poets have sung- for y eats about the rustic sons of toil ; \ He sees the morning sunset glpw, That decks the Eastern skies, „ And breathes the clear, fresh morn- * ing air, as he takes his exercise.. ■< He saunters out to get the cows, like «< a bee going out for honey ; -^ And the Banker, like a workless H drone, is waiting for his money. His hours may sometimes be long and varied are his habits, But the monotony of his--daily round, is broken by the rabbits; , ■* They help to keep % him wide awake f * on country fiat or steep, ■ 1 By eating all the grass he has and. " starving all the sheep v The cocky's life, a joyous life, * hiß efforts are sincere, . 4 His holidays are few and short, v and he - M only dreams of beer; „ ; And should he take a half-day off and , throw cares to the wind, . * And dons- his Sunday trousers (which « are mostly patched behind), •* And braves the frowns of creditors ■* and wrath that is fo come, - And hies him .jbo the nearest "pub' 5 •* for a spot or two of rum, " There are tried and drowthy cronies to grasp him by the hand, And expound the great advantage of i being 1 settled pn the land, They will rail about the township and " the noises of the street, And the curse of the depression is on , n everyone ypu-.meet; - " How their life is one long nightmare Q with loads and loads of care,, v How it wearies you and tires you t sitting in an easy chair. 5 They will grouse about misfortune \ ' and the drabness of their lot, But generally -finish up their tale by. "Come and have a spot!" - . - —"MAC." l ■ \