E HOA! TIS WAY TO FOXTON!
Well, Hone, how is it now?
Kapai! Kapai! Py korry, I tink all up wit te two-up kura. Te pheller say te Wanganui business too close. I got te good place at Motuiti, in te swamp. I get te land clear for nutting.
I gel te korero with Mark Prew. He terra me all te pheller wit te motor car newer know te way to Poxton, so he goin’ to get te storekeeper and te pub put up to notice: “E Hoa! Tis te way to Fox ton!” He want all te people travel through, call at Fox ton, and buy te ice cream, te tea and cake, te benzine, te rug, te long beer! Py korry, I tink Mark te good fisherman for te trade, isn’t it? Py korry, he te flue kura. werry nearly finish now, isn’t it? I tink te pleoccman better he look out for te hoys riding to motor pyke, or some te children get hurt going te kura. Too much bally race to motor pyke. What te matter wid te Kennedy and te river? He newer get in only once a week, and pakarua ewery. time. Poukama tell me when Mita Hennessy get to boss of te wharf he werry soon get up te big steamer, an all te. little steamer, too, and te flour and huka be werry cheap. Py korry, I terra my missus get. te tuna, te shark, te whitebait too much moni te goods all te time.
Torn Betty say worse ewery year, Hone, for te boot, he always play te same tune to me now, he got te good ear for music, too!
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2054, 13 November 1919, Page 3
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280E HOA! TIS WAY TO FOXTON! Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2054, 13 November 1919, Page 3
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