OLD IDENTITY.

Otago Witness, Issue 2299, 24 March 1898, Page 34

OLD IDENTITY.

| We proudly name the blue shir& daysI The axe and tent and ballock drays, Thu rain and hail, the mire and slash, The thirst for gold in Gabriel's rush. Of Old Identity. We speak of camp in virgia block, Of food in rough and scanty stock, Of welcome always proffered kind Y^ith willing hand and cheerful mind By Old Identity. Our harvest fields in golden grain Were cleared of bush in gale and rain, And to his children's children still B token toil and iron wM Of Old Identity. Our busy streets, our buildings fair, Bespeak a hard-won battle there And nobly gained ; each well-known nr.mo Will honoured be in blue shirt fame Of Old Identity. The daring maids and st&ls&cr t«b Who rose and fell and rose agai b Are with us now ; 'tis fitting time To honour them for " auld lang syne " With hand and hpart s»cd wishes kind— Greet Old Identity ! Fifty Years, To H. L m. — From espeiiovoir gasneJ in Madagascar, aluminium cixiking utensils b<*vs been so favourably reported on that it is pxob&ble they will be adopted in the French army. Tbe advantages are that they are : ighter than olhee utensils, not liable to rußt, and food can be more quickly cooked in them. They are mora I costly than v-;n, and if brokeo 'cannot ba 1 repaired by any process of soldering : br<t tha ! French nation is wealthy, aud will not regard tlie expense.