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Observer, Volume XXIX, Issue 43, 10 July 1909, Page 21

DREADNOUGHT! Dame Science had two stkiking sons, Each destructive as his brother. Torpedo was the name of one, And Aeroplane the other. Said those bright boys : "Perhaps Dreadnought A fraud is, after all. A lesson short may yet bo taught — The moneys past recall." " Suppose that I," said little Tor., "Should dive beneath tbe «tern ; I guess they'd soon find out what for When things began toßquirm." And then said Aeroplane: "If I Should strive my playful next, And drop illuminants from on high Upon those tempting decks.'' The Dreadnought heaved a heavy sigh, Enough to make one weep, As fire came from the lurid sky, Explosives from the deep. The Dreadnought reeled from side to side, Obsessed by dreadful funk. Billows rolled o'er its former pride And thus tne millions Bank. — H. There was a sound of agony by night Of sneezing, wheezing, groaning, and of tears ; It woke adjacent slumberers in a fright, And made them quake with superstitious fears ; Yet 'twas no spook that rent the midnight air, Or ghoat, or goblin 'scaped from sepulchre. •Twas only Binka, declaiming it despair— His cold was worse, and lied no Woods Peppermint Cuke. THROGMORTON jy/TATURED OCOTCH WHISKY TJEATS mHEM ALL. ASK TjlOR . . THROGMORTON. JJ AN C O C,K ADD pO. AGENTS. O * S A h B - COALS— Taupiri, Newcastle, ffestport. Hlkm. rangi. Kiripaka and Greymouth FIBEWOOD— All kinds pOKE—Greymouth, Newcastle and Local "MB-Hydraulic, Shell, and Boche BRICKS of every description; B Udlngl and Jtfire .Bricks SgSigfeS l f«^ 0^ t '«. L »a, TH %4? PHOSPHATE 1700 per cent BN ?SSIn C d cl lffi e<f «" POS PAUNGS BABT KAILS> aDd HOBA »* TAB and SAND, DARTING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, Apply— J. J. C RAI6 ' L IMITED QUEEN- STREET., THRANSFER FORMS and Every DeJ- eoription of Commercial Printinßezeonted in the best style at a tew hours' notice at the OBBHBTM. Offl<w