HONE DISSATISFIED.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2284, 2 June 1921, Page 3

HONE DISSATISFIED.

KINO TE SECOND-HAND

Tenakoe, Mitta Edita! ’Sense me, I got to bad pain in te inshide sinc:» te last time I get te korero wit you. I’m glad to see you, Hone, and am sorry to hear that you have not been well.”

Oli! tat alright (I take some your tobacco —I leave te stick Juno home,) Oh, yeh, I sec Tocter Mandl, and he gif it mete hot stuff twist my inshide. I not komate yet, Uepceea lie been werry pad too, wit te roomatic.

I ])een have a look te Maori cemetery. I werry glad te noo fence he goin’ up soon. Te Maori, he like te Borough Council and te Maori Council and te Gowennent, all te time taihoa, taihoa, and ten lie komate! The Maori he newer imploove te cemetery, isnt’ it ? I tink too many te ole man, he no good to push te canoe for Foxton, isn’t it? I get te korero wit my friend Tare Hunt. You know, Tare te werry clever pakeha, only he wear te leggin when he not ride te horse —I tink to keep te leg warm. Werra, Tare he te old young man, and he say Foxton he too tarn second-hand. Eweryting te Borough Council do all secondhand. He not want te gas work, and te udder pheller build te gas work, and te Council buy it second-hand. Ten he want te noo place keep te gas in, and he send Ilori Koley to Gisborne, and Hori buy te second-hand gas liQU.se, and te Council pay for te leak in te. gas house, and te people all gone to sleep. Te Council he want te road grader, and he buy te second-hand, and what he do wit te grader now? Tara don’t know. Ten te Council Chamber he burn down, an he got te second-hand wharc in his place. Taihoa! taihoa! when Tare and Hone go to Beinga (the place of departed spirits) might te noo Council Chamber go up if te Council not get te noo second-hand one from somewhere alse. He.soon want te second-hand enshine for le town hall if he broke down any more. Ten 4e Harbour Board he got te second-hand werry bad too-r-he got te dredge enshine second-hand, and Hone and Tarij newer see it pull up te sand bank yet. Taihoa! Te ole Queen to South te best dredge te Harbour Board ewer haf. He always make a hole through te bar to let te water out, but since te Queen wrecked te boats don’t like to come to Foxton. Cliimmy Nash he goin’ to get te boat come to Foxton, allesame te aeroplane, rise out te water when he hit |e bank. Tat te noo boat, not te second-hand. Taihoa! you see! Werra, Tare show me all te men dig le hole for te drain, but he got to .-top soon because Tare say no more money to finish te job. Tat te way, laihoa again, and when te Council tic want te men finish te job he all gone to te llaxmill, and he get te second-hand man to maka finish. Too much second-hand nil te lime, tat te way Foxton like te timer when my grandfadder first come here. Werra, Mitta Edita, Igo now peeause Tare wait for me outshide, and we get le trink. Tare he like tc remonnde! Haercra!