UITLANDERS REPLY TO RESIDENT.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 29 April 1901, Page 4

UITLANDERS REPLY TO RESIDENT.

{To the Editor.)

To bo sung to the tune of Tommy Atkins with many apologies to the author of that celebrated ditty.

I came up from Stillwater Monday night, For to see Kokiri manage its own affairs. I confess I wished to nave a little light, On its methods when its taken unawares. There’s no need of interference that is

true, For they seem to have the facts right off

by heart, And they made a general clearance of Simythy’s adherents, And of most who in committec’d taken part.

chorus,

Oh, Kokiri! Oh Kokiri! You’re a lively place, You can manage your own affairs you

know, So now take heart of grace. May your luck be never failing, may you " ever be true blue. Hurrah ! Now for Kokiri, here’s Uitlander’s love to you. There were two Baxters and Bellami—all true blue, Latta, Smithers, Fane and Shand, they’re

blue too ; They’d collected all their forces for the fray, And the old committee noisily stood at bay, Until horrid awkward questions did com-

mence, Which the old committee found it hard to

fence. So they filed out by the door, While the new ones took the floor. And Mr. Thomas Smither' took the chair. cirortus. Oh Tommy, Tommy Smithors, you’re a credit to the place. They threatened your admission, but now you’re in their place. May your head bo never weary, may your eyes be ever bright, Hurrah for Tommy Bmithcr, he’s the hero of the fight. But they don’t know they’re beaten, even yet: They took pen and ink and paper for to

set Another report—one that they thought Would cut committee proceedings rather short. They’d kindly discovered, as they thought, a flaw; But they must have thought the now

committee raw. They may write locals to the papers— One that they think are shakers— But they’ll find it’s all according to the law. Oh, Simmy! Simmy Tanders! you arc knocked out—that is plain— And if I were you—Oh Simmy ! shuro I wouldn’t try again. May you evermore be wary, that you

nevermore may rue Interferin’ in such matters as were never meant for you.

N.B.—“Resident” will be glad to see that Uitlander has left off studying the “Hact,” and, as a sequel, has taken up the study of “ facts ” which ho finds extremely fascinating.