New Zealand Coat of Arms, No. 2.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXX, Issue XVII, 25 April 1903, Page 1121

New Zealand Coat of Arms, No. 2.

AN OPPONENT’S SUGGESTION FOR A COAT OF ARMS FOR A SOUTHERN MINISTER. Quarterly.lst Vert: A sheep suspended, helpless, emaciated, shorn, vulned and bleeding. 2nd Azure: A British colonial possession verdant, surcharged with a white elephant’s head and trunk. Motto: Festina lente —hasten slowly. 2nd Motto: Nil desperandutn—Never say die. 3rd Sable: A figure of justice, surreptitiously regarding her balance, whereon two ballot boxes, so arranged that the smaller outweighs the larger. Motto: Two blacks equal one while. 4th Or: Two pouches of filthy lucre, below a hand sinister in act of seizing them urgent. Motto: Let not thy right hand know what thy left hand doeth. Crest: A barnyard rooster, in act of dishonestly breaking and eating an egg. Supporters: Dexter, a workman blatant, gratified by an increase in emolument by a decision of the Arbitration Court. Sinister: A member of the House of Representatives untrue to his trust., carrying a bag, the price of his support. Motto for the whole: “When in doubt tell the truth.”