MR DOOLEY IN MOTUEKA.

Motueka Star, Volume IV, Issue 197, 10 July 1903, Page 5

MR DOOLEY IN MOTUEKA.

I hear, said Mr Hennessy th't ye attended th' lasht matin' iv th' Borrah Council. Vis, Hennessy, I assart'd me r-right is a r-ratepayer an' wint t' ixamin' th' way th' council exaycuted its jooties. Wan iv thim pr-ropos'dth't wan dozen shtrate lamps sh'd be iricted at wanst, an' he w's imajetly silenc'd wid a volyum iv By-laws—-on th' ear. Th' sccond'r sat still, "hevin a wife an' familhy. An intherestin' discushyn t'k place on hevin th' fut path ghravel'd past th' Instaychoot, an' it w's fm'ily daycided owin' t' th' local price iv ghravil t' git wan sack fr'm Willin't'n b' th' nixt thrip iv th' Manhyroah'r. Th' sub-comithay rayported havin' inthirvued th'"" shtone braker an' th't they cud'nt move it a fut widout th' boghy. It firhmly rayfus'd t' appeahr in public 'til it h'd seen th' dintist. It made nashty raymarks abouht han' cr-rack'd mital at four-r bob a yarhd an' whin ?raymind'd th't it char-rg'd sivin bob, it thru th' fly wheel at th' comithay. Raysolv'd t' g't four'r boghywheehls —raymoo, four'r by wan shpokes an' wan dozen eye teeth. Mintshun w's made iv th' ghrowin' cr-rop iv shtones in th' Raycrayashun gr-round an' 't w's raysolv'd t' adv'rtize gr-razin' f'r anofh'r white lllyph'nt. Th' Fire Br-rigade qiiistshun th'n c'm up f'r discushyn an' sufish'nt cowld waht'r w's thru'n to extingwish anny fire likeley t' happ'n f'r th' nixt quarth'r iv a cinthury. A raysolorshun w's pass'd t' subsaydize anny subscripshuns t' th' extint iv wan pinny in th' pound th' plahnt iv th'pr-ropos'd Brigade t' be th' excloosiv pr-ropertah iv th' council. Tn' mimbirs prisint gahrantay'd t' pers'nly pr-rovide th' wurrkin power-r f'r th' injin. A warum d"bate t'k place oh th' dhrainage quistshuh raysultin' in nawthin' b'n done. Wan mimbir firhmly shtatin' th't there'd nivir b' anny dhrainage 'til the fac' iv anny mahn ownin' pr-ropertah. disqualify'd hirri f'r shtandin' f'r th' council. Pr-ropos'd an' second'd th't wh'n a coaht "iv br-olcin mital was put on, it sh'd be blind'd wid Mowthrah ghravel in ordh'r th't it w'd set pr-roperly an' make a lastin' r-road. Raysolv'd t' go on as at prisint. Th' clar-rk t' apply t' th' Dhunlop Tyre Comp'ny an' th' locil thradesmin f'r b

five p'r cint bonus an' t' pint out th't th' r-rougher th' r-road th' betth'r f r thrade. Priferenshul thrade w's th' nixt subjict an' th' clar-rk w's insthruet'd t' write t' Misth'r Chamberlain an' ask him if he w's prepar-red f give wan an' six f'r nixt year's hops on th' shtrenth iv it, an' t' raymind him th't as his cough remedy w'd come in free iv jooty he sh'd push th' sale iv raspb'rry pulp. Th' medici'l adviz'r rayported on th' healthy ghrowin' shtate iv th' overdhraft an' th' couucil adjurn'd. Wuy don't ye stan' f'r th' Council yersief, Dooley said Mr Hennessy. I've on'y commin sinse Hennessy, said Mr Dooley, ye hev' t' be an ex-per-rt t' git dieted, an' me hat w'd git too shmall any way.