BEING BORN.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1789, 30 June 1913, Page 6

BEING BORN.

A YANKEE ON HIS DEFENCE. Addressing the meeting at the Opora House last evening, Mr. W. T. Mills caid that ono of the objections that had bocu raised to the Unity scheme was that: "Jlills was born in tlio United States. Someone in the audienco interjected with a "hear, hear," or "that's so," and Mr. Mills at oneo entered into a contest from which, ho emerged with all the honours of war. „ , „ "It is true that'l was born Ui tho United States," ho said, "but it is a grievous misfortune for the world that some people were over born anywhere." Mr. Mills wont 011 to admit that it was no doubt a creditable tiling to liavo been born in New Zealand, but added that it itemed queer to him that a fellow should brag about a thing that ho was not in any way responsible for. For himself, h« took comfort in th» reflection (hat it bad bwn iiocmary to bo born fiomswhor® if lie wanted to bo born at all. Finally, glaring at th« fpot where the interjector was standing, Mr. Mills fervently thanked God that ho had been born * man in the United States initcad of a jackass somowhers else. The subject thon dropped,