Invercargill Harbour.
TO THE EDITOR. Sir, — Not having been aloft with " Jack" at the last meeting of Council, I, of course, did not hear the " interesting di-wusaion" on the above subject. The fact is I was better employed ; down on the mud banks after worms. 1 hear plenty of honest, sensible quacking there, and that I can listen to with pleasure. Any time I have "hovered on the wiug' over the Council Hall, when the wiseacres were in session, I havn been nauseated to the point of disgorging my worms, more especially when the mooter of selling poor Alpha was on his legs. Our boss drake thinks something of himself, as we all can see, but he is a modest creature — even when in his best feather — compared with that "City father," who, on all occasions, appears to think that Wisdom is dumb when he is silent. I rather think " Jack " should be " Jacques," Eh? But if "Jack," like " Blacke" had had the courage to sign his name, there would be no need for me to quack at a venture, and the matter might have been discussed without ruffling our plumage. Quack, quack.— l am, &c, The Dpck. 23th Feb.
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Southland Times, Issue 11670, 26 February 1891, Page 2
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200Invercargill Harbour. Southland Times, Issue 11670, 26 February 1891, Page 2
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