CORRESPONDENCE.
Napier, March 4th, 1863. To the Editor of the Hawke's Hay Times. Zir, —I zaw that chap Donaldson’s lettur in the Herald to-day and it struck I that we ought to just make un our Superintendent, vor he bees a rale zharp coon and zeems to be the rale vriend ov uz workin men. Why zur doant you know az how they zays az how he got vifty pound vrom young Yannens vor gettin mister Cambell to get a zheep run vor Yannens, and he didn’t give nothink to Cambell vor doin the work, then there iz the t,other jobs, doant he understau makin money out ov the government vor doin nothink, zo that az our vriend and champion he might lead uz to zurawhere to look vor gold, and in case iv the gold wur got he az our leader ud be entitled to the vive hundred pounds what the connzil iz to vote vor the vinder, and what would hinder the natives learnin engiizh by[therzelves while he woz off on zuch a praizworthy trip az zeekin vor gold, then
zir there iz a notlier proof ov hiz ability, just-zee how he can pitch Crammers into the Herald about a skule at AVairoa, did’nt the AVairoa coves tell I tuther day down on the Zpit az how it wur all gammon, az there warnt no kids wuth talkin on az went there at all, zo I axes a jent az wuz jezt ctmid vrom Poverty, and he told I az how neither casts nor Maoris ud go to it, only a vew. & then az we wants a rale hard workiaZuperinteudent he’s tha boy, vor zee how hard he works at Pa Wakahiro skule, doant he go znm weeks twize, and zum weeks not at all, and zee how he can do two jobs at once, goin to AVairoa to inspect the skules and get sheep runs vor people at the zame time, zo killin 2 birds wi 1 stone like. Now zur I means to zay that a chap az can zhet up tha e3 r es ov A r ox an AVard az that, cove zaid in his lettur tother day, and iz zo clever at dip-low-mazy (don’t they call it) az to be able to prove that breakin the ordinance az he do do it beant breakin no law, iz jest the chap we want vor our Zuporintendant instead ov that zleepy coon wot zuperinteads uz now. Zur, I iz A’ourz truthvully Dow.v Zu.MMERZET.
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume II, Issue 37, 13 March 1862, Page 3
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418CORRESPONDENCE. Hawke's Bay Times, Volume II, Issue 37, 13 March 1862, Page 3
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