THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES.
dpi- To Tins Press. The following verses were recited by Alderman W. Canadine in proposing the toast of “The Press” at the anniversary dinner ol" the Mayor of Lev - es in England recently:
"Who is it when wo air our views, Unmindful of our P’s and Q s, Will edit and revise the news? The Press. Who puts the crosses to our t’s, And dots our iV and things like these; Reports us ill a style to please? The Press. Who, when we “h’m” and “or” and stutter, And o’er our speech get in a flutter, Will make it read as smooth as butter ? The Press. And when we flounder by the way, And all our notes have gone astray, AY ho prints just what uc meant to say ? The Press. AVlio is it. when we have a leaning To lengthy speech with little meaning, Restrains us from too much selfpreening? The Press. And when we make our hearers choke By springing on them some old joke, AVlio does its best the crime to cloak? The Press. And when we’ve done and take our seat. AVlio sifts the chaff' from out the wheat, And strips us of our self-conceit? The Press. AA'ho to our virtues oft is kind, And to our faults is sometimes blind, And thereby gives us ease of mind? The Press.
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 August 1926, Page 2
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228THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES. Hokitika Guardian, 21 August 1926, Page 2
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