“GOOD OLD MASSEY”

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1472, 5 June 1905, Page 2

“ GOOD OLD MASSEY”

I The N.Z. Herald compliments the I hnjdergra'djuates at the capping coreI meny on Friday on “ being humorouts and original withoiut being I noisy, their parodied songs indicatI ing considerable cleverness.”- But taovwsca given to the tuno of “Old Mother, Shi.nton certainly should | not have passed the censor, so pointed is the sarcasm upon the leader of the Opposition—Mr, id., M. Smith would not have been so cruel in- his, poetical cfl]usiQns,_ Here are the verses :■—

Our ’ Varsity hero is in, ncod of a site,

I > Kinid old Massey; I Wo’.vo asked for now; hull dings—.they I should be our, right— 1 I > Dear old Massey. I Wo ,35ft. crawled and waive hluatere’d— •. I lirst humble, then stern— No favor from Sadden can either I course earn ; I y ear weivo got another plan— J lot s give a turn ' . I ~ T° good pl'd Massey, I How, may we just montio-n oiur, own I I candidate,, I I t . Good old Massey ;• He S'- little,j hut good,, an,d seme clay he 11 be great. Good old Massey, He'll hack: -ymiui up, Massey, if i you will begin By helping our candidate victory to ■win.

He a going So whip Lawry—he’s going to get in, ' - - “ -To, stand pyj Massey.

The friends of Mr James Doyle, of the clerical stab of the Union Steam Ship Com* pany, will be pleased to hear of his promotion to the Auckland office. Mr Doyle has been for some years on the staff here, and has invariably given satisfaction both to the public and his omplovers. Ho took a loading part in hockey and cricket hero. He leaves for Auckland nest Wednesday. His successor is Mr A. U, Fraser, son of Mr De G. Fraser, of Gisborne.

.You have noKi forgotten Miss I-li. Lorraine Tausllcy ? Anyone who has iiearu her sweeii voice aucl tastefu execution in «If All the Stars Were lVme, - and ballaidsi of ‘that class, ■Will not readily lose recollection of i £ier '' .'Veil, ahp has just become cngaged*- Ho, not fori life. I-Icri n.rc,scnt engagement is’' with the Steol--1 ayme concert troupe, and the tour, winch, will be an extended one, will probably include South Africa, bliss i aasley will bo much missed from the concert halls of New Zealand, hut hen ‘numerous friends will hope to see her mount rapidly the ladder of dame. Tlte people of Dannevirke, where her homo is, have just expressed their good wishes in a nurse of sovereigns!—Lance/