DUNEDIN PUNCH.

Evening Post, Issue 115, 22 June 1865, Page 2

DUNEDIN PUNCH.

This very amusing periodical made its first appearance on the 27th ult. ; it ia witty and satirical,' without being gross or vulgar, and is well printed. The opening number promises well, and we willingly make way for Mr. Punch to introduce himself :—: — MR. DDNICDIN PUNCH MAKES HIS DOW, AND TOBY MAKES HIS BARK. Who knows not Punch ? The jocund humorist with comic hunch, The toy of youth— the joy of riper age, Old Punch the wise and witty, The caustic moralist, the laughing sage, Who clothes in livery of wit his page I And dwells in Fleet street— City. "Go forth ! go forth, my son !" The old hoy cried, " And be no longer tied To Judy's apron. The strength of Britain lies in emigration ; Take a young Toby, and a stock of Fun ; A set of pipes, a drum, To bid your audience come ; And in some distant land ply your vocation." So,,looking round the world, I made my mind up— If I could raise the wind up— A march to t teal, and Like that prince of jesters — George Grey — Su- prise the natives of New Zealand, By suddenly arriving in the Bay. And lest you scold me— Since I know that you reverence the guinea, Gloat over cent, per cent., And Number One persistently adore, By your leave I now present ; No. One— and I know you'll ask for more. The following are extracts from the first and subsequent numbers :— Advertisement. — Found, in the Dress Circle of the Princess' Theatre, some articles of Decent Wearing Apparel, supposed to have been dropped by a member of the Highland Brigade. The owner can have them ou paying expenses. Apply to ?' Toby." Base Ingratitude. — The Melbourne Press has lately been indulging in some very severe strictures on hit Honor Judge Chapman and the " gude folk" of Dunedin. This is very unkind and ungrateful. The very least the people of Victoria could do, would be to thank the New Zealand Government for taking his Honor off their hands. It's an ill bird that defiles its own nest ; but what shall we say of the nest that defiles its own bird ? Theatrical. — The ¦ representation of '• Wallace" by Mr. Walter Mantell will not be repeated. The ex-Native Extinguisher is now performing the part of the Native Secretary, in the farce of ""Hew to get up a Local War," at the Cabinet Theatre, Wellington. Things to be Admired, — The Canterbury Government bribing the returned victims of the Hokitiki rush with four days' rations to get out of that Province as quickly as possible ; and the Otago Government prosecuting the captains of vessels for bringing too many of them back to Dunedin. The Hawke's Bay Times complains when Sir George Grey landed at Napier the populace kept their hands in their pockets. Punch thinks they were quite right. He always does the same when he finds himself in the company of suspicious strangers.