SPECIAL IPISTOL.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3689, 11 May 1883, Page 4

SPECIAL IPISTOL.

Litmbton Kay, Willington, May Ist, 18S3

I've been axed be numerous eoi'i'cspondiuts to explain the niainin' o , the telegram statin , that the Ministhry will soon bo rayoonsthruuted. Well, I don't wire about rivailin' Kabiuit sayctits, but I think tliiifc the time has arrived whin the rale facts o' the oa.~o should be made known, so they should. Tho way the rumour got about was as follows;— Some time ago, whin Misther Weston resigned his saite for Inangahoo, the Major axed Rolleston, Byree, an' mcsilE to mate him at his house in orther to hould a private siiyancc. I thought it quarc that our other eoUaigues wasn't invited, but me wondher was soon set at rest whin the Major addhressed us as follows: —"Now, boys, I've called ye together upon a very sayrious business, so I have. Yor all aware that tho eounthry is gottin' purty tired ny us, an' 1 hear that Montgomery , manes "fight" whin she session begins. Me own private opinion is that we'll'have a mighty hard job to hould our suite- 1 , an' so I've come to the conclusion that our wisist coorse to purshuc is to rayconsthruct the Ministhry." " Begorra, I think yer right, Major," ses I, " but who's to go'/" "Well, Paddy," ses the Major, " there's no denyin'the fact tlr.it Muther Dick is not so popular ss he was, an' it's time that himsjlf an , Misther Connolly wor shuperauuated, so it is," ses lie. "An' how about Watty Johnstoue ?" ses Misther Rollcston, "sure we can't do without him, at all, at all," ses he, "for faix ho saves about a thousand a year aitcli in givin' Hwarries, an' parties, an' bankits, an' dnij-ijui-oitrx" (Friuch), ses Misthcr Rolleston. " Ay' eoorsc lam aware ay' his use in that rispiet, ses the Major, " but it's betther to bo called . ma.no than to lose our portfoleys, so it is," ses he. "Throth I quite agree with ye, Major," ses Misther Bryce. "We don't want mm in the Govcrnmint who hould offiss on tho strength o' their shampain, an' blue-monges, an, unthrays (Friuch)," ses he. "We want all tho mimbors o' the Kabiuit to be sthrong , mm. Now Ink at me ! iverybody knows that I'm the sthrong man" o'the Government," ses he. "An' how did I become the sthrong man that I ain'r" ses ho, " why, be provin' me viillor on the tinted field at I'aryhaky, an' other glorious frays,'' ses he. '' An' I' ye not got to tho zinith o' me fame yif, for, by the piper that played after Moses, I'll march right through tho King eounthry, as Boney marched through Rooshia, so I will, d'ye mind that now," ses Misther Bryce. "Throth I allow yer a grate wsirrior an a bould hayro, Johnny, asthore," ses tho Major, " but we want more grate mm in the Govcrmint, so we do," ses ho. "Now, pay attention to me plans. We want to paieify tho Cantherbury an' Otago number.-?, nn , so we'll give a portfolee to Wright o' Coleridge, an' another to Larnach o' the Pin-in-shu-la. Wright will carry WinWilliams an' a lot o , the other Canterbury wavercrs with him, an' as Larnach is purty jwpuhir down .South, he may bo able to twist a few votes round fov us. Thin boys we must thry an' get Teddy Wakefield in for Inangahoo. Yer quite well aware that flier's none o'yez, barriir mesilf, -that can spout an' browbait, an' sure Teddy is a born orathor, so he is," ses tho Major. Afther Komo further discussion, we agreed to tho Major's plans, an' this is what has given rise to the rumours about ray-eonsthruetion. —Paddy Murphy in Saturday Advertiser.