REPLY TO “VERB SAP.”
(To the' Editor.) Sj r ,—Your correspondent, “Verb Sap”, ca.lls to my mind an old saying “The ' Hedgesparrow fed the Cuckoo so long that it had its head bitten off by its young.” Apparently, some noble-minde c ] and, presumably, disinterested gentlemen have done all they could to help along this blighted part of the country, and now this wretched cuckoo turns round and threatens to bite off their heads. Surely a sad story. But having the interests of the district so much at heart,' and having .nothing to lose, but everything to gain by its prosperity, surely they will see that their - time has < ome, and stand aside like the gentlemen they are.
All parent birds have to hear the sorrow of seeing their young grow lip and fly away and console themselves with the thought that it was their feeding and timely care that produced such fine young birds. Future generations no doubt will erect monuments to the memory of these great men who gave their devoted attention to the needs of the district. A suitable site for these monuments would he at the Okuni ferry perhaps? lam etc..
ADVANCE SOUTH WESTLAND Harihari, May 3, 1932.
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 May 1932, Page 6
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201REPLY TO “VERB SAP.” Hokitika Guardian, 4 May 1932, Page 6
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