KANGAROO'S FAREWLL : «♦

Grey River Argus, 12 April 1911, Page 7

KANGAROO'S FAREWLL : «♦-

JBy "jack Vincent") v arewell to windy Wellington, its dashing beaux and" belles, Its imposing railway station, And magnificent hotels. i ; arewell to every barmaid, Anu every barman, too, They have lopped the caudal member Of this giddy kangaroo I have sampled every liquor, Tested every special brand, From swanky in the Cecil dive To champagne in the Grand. I'm full of oyster suppers, I've had a time of bliss, But I'll soon be on" my uppers, . If 1 don't get out of this. I came to town an affable And entertaining swell, But now I'm all pawn tickets, Fusil oil and oyster shell. • The barmafds' honey'd smile has gone, Slie gives me no more jam, When I tell her I feel seedy, bays "she doesn't care a — —". * m sick of dodging motor cars, lobbies, bikes, and trams, ■ I'm tired of" the giddy whirl, I'm getting the jim-jams. 1 have faced the fairy music, . And I do not care a ham, I came an like a lion If 1 go out like a lamb! No more I'll chat to constable At midnight on his beat, . . No more I'll wait for Flossie At the foot of Haining-street. Mo more I'll face his Worship, With his cold and frosty look, . No more— no more will I explore The regions of Mount Cook. I'm off to the tall timber, V m making- for the Irtish, Abjuring women, card's and wine, And giving up the lush. I'm streaking for the jigger-board, A hopeless, taiiess wreck, I've lost my reputation, And I've busted up my cheque. ■.\ . "

It is understood by the Otago Daily Times that it lias ibeen proposed to the local City , /Council that ithe water from the various (reservoirs should be sterilised before it reaches householders j by the installation in the pipeways of ultra vTolet lights, the rays from which destroy all bacteria in the waiter! This process of ensuring' a ; pure water supply is in fairly general use on the Continent of Europe. Ut is stated that "the standard of purity in the Dunedin water supply -is not equal to what is to be desired.

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