THE CLANS GATHER

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 31, 3 July 1939, Page 5

THE CLANS GATHER

o ANOTHER GREAT INGLESIDE i - i Doon upon the King Street Ha' A soft Scots mist came driftin r Within ra,ng out a cheerful effn The auld roof nearly Hftin'. Roon and roon in measures stately. Trod Scotia's brave and fair. RoOn and roon they galloped briskly, To the chanters' martial blare. Sweetly camc the voice of song, In atween the dancing merry. Well the Cottrell lassies lilted. Loud the clans cheered Mrs Berry. Miss Raymond and the Misses Ilowat, In fisher costumes softlv sang The auld Scots tunc of "Caller Her. rin'' And for them applause was lang Well Nola Merry danced the fling, Kathleen Walton's taps were neat, I And roon and <. through the sean 1 triubhais' mazes I Twinkled Miss Bell Martin's fe<_V . What other men upon this earth, Such nichts oj honest glndne.ss hold ( And ne'er will Scotland's customs die f With lassies fair and Scotsmen bold, t KIWI OX KAPITI ISLAND [ . An endeavour to have the whole of t Kapiti Island the north cnu ol which f is at present privately owned ar.il o farmed, declared a bird .sanctnai.v n is to be made by the Wellington Acclimatisation Society. The a have decided to approach the Gov. i eminent for this purpose The time: I was stated to be opportune, as the owner of the north end had died recently. It \va,s decided also to ime... A tigate the possibility of establishing s kiwi on the island, and so presorv. o ing them permanently from exler- c ruination of which thcr.?' was great risk on, the mainland. A plentiful h supply of kiwi was said to be oh- 1 tainable near Hawera. |c