MR DOOLEY IN MOTUEKA.
How'r tba' gitt'n on w'th th' Ilietfv' Bar-rb'r Boqrd, said Mr Hennessy as he dropped in for his usual evening chat. • W'll, Henness}', Mac h's sint ov'r a dhraft Bill f'r th' pr'rticl'rs t' be fill'd in b' th' raysid'nts iv th' disthric' an' th' Whnnif Boord wYe th' firsht wans t' considh'r it. Afth'r rastlin' r'r thr-rae "hour-rs wid th' taycanic'l langwge in th' wordin' iv it they daycid'd t' ask th' Borrah Council t' hold a jint inaytin' wid th'mselves an' thry an' make out th' maynin. This maytin' w's duly hild an' an ofish'l fr'm th' Froot Cornp'ny c'm in ah' ask'd th'ni if they were in favor iv an Ilictive Har'rbir Bnord. They thtun h'm out. He th'n c'me in thru', th' windy an' inforhm'd fh'm th't they w're b'hind th' times, an' th't th' air-i in tb' r-rqom even shmelt bluemowldy. Th 7 mayt'n th'n got up on it's hind legs an' exshplain'd th't it w's an august body altho' it w's on'y July at prisint, th' ofish'l th'n raytir'd sayin' th't he j paifectly satisfy'd an' he hop'd they would keep on'lookin' t' th' fuchoore. : A public mayt'n w's then called t' furth'r c'nsider th' lang'wge iv th' Bill an' twas divartin' t' hear, th' dif'r'nt sp-paek"rs keepiu' shtrictly t' th' pint. A raysvloosh'n w's pr'posed th' this may tin's in fav'r iv an Ilictive Boord. This w's warmly daybated an' twas fin'lly raysolv'd th't th' Guv'rm'nt be ask'd t' sind ov'r twelve maynorky Toosht'rs t' th' distric'f'r disthribushin'. Th' pr-rpos'd number-r iv mirnbers w's th' nixt sub jack an' afth'r a hated diseu-di'n it w's raysolv'd th't th' Froot Cornp'ny h' ask'd wh'n they're goin' t' pay th' oth'r pinny on las' years r-rasp-b'ries. Th* las' ravsoloosh'n carried w's th't th' Borrah shtart a fowl far-rm on th' wake shpot on th' Sand Bank. It w's exshplain'd th't th' nettin on th' r-runs w'd for-rm a shtop f'r th' heavy says, an' th't they w'd autymatickly catch fish f'r th' fowls, an' th't th' whole affair w'd b' silf-shupportin'. It w's also suggist'd th't th' Suddin Jirk b'charther'd t' bring over th' f . ggs . • A Comith xy w's then appint'd t' arrange some iv th' shmaller daytails iv th' Bill, a-.' gr-reat satisfactshun w's exshpress'd at th' piisint price iv horse shoeir.'.
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Motueka Star, Volume IV, Issue 204, 4 August 1903, Page 4
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393MR DOOLEY IN MOTUEKA. Motueka Star, Volume IV, Issue 204, 4 August 1903, Page 4
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