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Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 477, 21 July 1871, Page 3

DR. DARWIN. _£V W. S. FOSTBI-, OF MONMOUTH COURT, LONDON.] Tune—" King of tho Cannibal Islands." Oli Dr. Darwin is the boy To tell the truth without alloy, Regardless whom he may annoy— Sing oil, for Dr. Darwin. Now peers to Heralds' College throng, To learn to whom they may belong, For all their quarterings are wrong, According to Dr. Darwin. Hokey, pokey, monkey fun, Wonders never will be done, Huxley and Lubbock, and everyone, r Supporting Dr. Darwin. / Some trace their pedigree so far, k With garter, csronet, and star, ta But no one knows how old they are, If According to Dr. Darwin. N The Howards and Gowers, and all that lot, Were born to be, I know not what, But whence they came at last we've got, According to Dr. Da.wm. It's true that all these aristocrats, May bill and coo like ava-dtt-vats, And yet they come from water-rats, According to Dr. Darwin. The aphis on the rose you And, Green grub in frothed saliva blind, The father is of all mankind, According to Dr. Darwm. Some monkeys they are vastly kind, And some apes have no tails behind, _ And that's where they're so like mankind, According to Dr. Darwin. Even baboons their hearts will soften, Nursing monkeys very often. Like Christians with their neighbours orphan, t According to Dr. Darwin. With birds themselves, than men more blessed, - The males the more they're gaily dressed, By females are the more caressed, According to.Dr. Darwin. The fish in shore and out at sea Belated are to you and me, Think of that when you've shrimps for tea, According to Dr. Darwin. To think a baby thitt had gone Thro' every phase before twas born, Should end in being the Marquis of Lome! According to Dr. Darwin. If ever since the world began, We rise by preconcerted plans, Why call it the descent of man, According to Dr. Darwin. If nature ever will progress, The wonder still is none the lass, j| We may be demi-gods, I guess, According to Dr. Darwin. , And as the races intermix, You can't be certain about the clucks ; What can't you graft on briar sticks? According to Dr. Darwin. If marriage be arranged above, And crow be wedded to a dove, It shows how we get crossed in love, According to Dr. Darwin. And so one law is good for all, The weakest must go to the wall, It's been so ever since the fall, According to Dr. Darwin. To nations having any worth We'll draw the useless from the earth, And melancholy turn to mirth, According to Dr. Darwin. We're not alarmed though Darwin sing Some men have tails and some a wing; We know there's good in everything, So a fig for Dr. Darwin. U Hokey, pokey, monkey fun, Wonders never will be done, Huxley and Lubbock and everyone S Supporting Dr. Darwin. CORRESPONDENCE. [We are not responsible tor our Correspond en opinions.^ TAR CONCRETE PAVEMENTS. To the Editor of the Evening Stak. S Sib,—Our Southern cities are all laid with J the above, at a cost of 4s. 6d. per square yard, and in London, Trafalgar Square, " the finest site in Europe," is paved with it, and many of the roadways are being laid with it, yet our le elty Solons are about to lay an untried etone a_ at a cost of 13s. \ er square yard. The specimen luid at Williams' has been down three years, and compares favourably - with the hardest stout, whil-t it is pleasanter to walk on, being eemi elastic, dries rapidly, ~ and can be put down for 6s. per square yard. \ —I am, &<\, 3 Watfaeeb. A well-known English lord is said to have given the following instructions to his steward :—" We are coming down, a large party, in a day or two, to eat strawberries and cream. We shall want plenty of the latter, so A don't let any of the cows be milked mean- m while." ■ i WANTED — Immediately a NURSE GIRL, between the age of" 12 and 14 years.—Apply at the Belfast Hotkl, Princesstreet. _ I WANTED— A Good GENERAL SER- * VANT ; highest wages given.—Apply at the Belfast Hotel, Princes-street. WANTED— An Ancient-looking WAL- 4t LER, whose work has stood the test D' of time, and whose knowledge of his calling enables him to execute his contracts with profit to himself, and not at Ihe expense of creditors ; he must be a lover ol truth.—Apply to a Foreman of Works. WANTED KNOWN—That BOARD and , RESIDENCE can be had for a Lady % and Gentleman, or Two Single Gentlemen, in j. a healthy part of the City.-For address, apply Stab Office. WANTED— A First-class General SERVANT for the Thames.—Apply ot the Stab Office. WANTED TO RENT -A Comfortable Five or Six roomed Cottage; within fifteen minutes' walk of the Post-office.—Ap- _ ply G., office of this paper. WANTED— Two or three GIRLS as * APPRENTICES to wor.< the Sewing- , machine.—Apply to N. Campbell, Tailor, Queen-street. NOTICE —I vvpjt somo New Zealand White or Rod Cornelian, o- any handsome Stones, fit for making into Jewellery.— F. H. Lewisson, opposite Union hank. WANTED.— I am a purchnser of Red or White Gvnelian, it must bo good and fit lor cuttin« into .ewellery, and the produce tof tho district, of Auckland.-F. li. Lewis- - SON, opposite th.! I n.iori l.nnk. MONEY to Lend on Mining Shares.—Apply to If. V. Stkvkns, Sharebroker, « Queen-atroet. T _£_" B CT - IC M E N v TEMERS are required for Felling and Rafting wJSSFto the Sawmill at Te Kopuru ™mm p;.ver, Kaipara, not later than Noon, 29th July, IS■ l. Specifications may be seen ana all information obtained at the Office of . _ , -~„ WM. S. GRAHAME, Fort-street. Auckland, July 11, 1871. m E N D E R S. TENDERS for REPAIRS to the Ship 'EXCELSIOR' will be received until noon of MONDAY, the 24th inKt., at our ollice, where the specification can be j Se .Mi'n lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. ' Iho lowest oi OWN _ CAMPBELL & CO., Agent* Ship 'Excelsior.' July 21,1871. ' "