The Hangatiki Poet.

King Country Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 74, 20 March 1908, Page 3

The Hangatiki Poet.

TO THE EDITOR. SIR,- - Allow me to congratulate you on having a poet. lam not surprised at this district producing one, because it is a well known fact that beautiful and picturesque regions, with grand and wild scenery, have always led to occasional poetic outbursts amongst its inhabitants. The charming willows in our streams are in themselves enough to make any over sensitive and high strung mortal feel poetic. Willows arc a poetic theme of long standing, and are mentioned in many songs and poems. For instance : " I'll hang my harp on the widow tree and I'll off to the wars again " ; and, " Under the willow she is laid with care, etc." Brete Harte mentions " The willowy woodlands down here," and Scott mentions " Along the wild and willowed shore"; also the great psalmist, King David, hung his harp upon the willows and sat by the river of Babylon and wept. So, perhaps, the willows are affecting your Hangatiki correspondent. I have always understood that poets were the bane of our editor's life. If at any time, Mr Editor, you wish to get rid of your poet, please let me know, also the amount of blood-money you are prepared to pay ? Poets a speciality! Country orders punctually attended to.—l am, etc., NGAPUHI. TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—Permit me through your valuable paper to call the attention of the Waitomo County Council to the old well in Rora-street, Te Kuiti. Perhaps not many of the inhabitants are aware of this " man trap," and certainly strangers are not expected to knevofit. This well is quite open, and it is a wonder that some accident has not occurred at this particular spot before now. The expense of filling in would not cost more than a few shillings, and is only a fraction of what it will cost if someone meets with an accident. —I am, etc., RATEPAYER.