THE "FAUGH-A-BALLAGIL.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 45, 16 March 1878, Page 3

THE "FAUGH-A-BALLAGIL.

TO- TH-Er EDITOB*. Siß-, — It is a matter- of great surprise to me that youf. correspondent should have to tsaveß so>f»r throißgji bn«li and hramWe^ destroying- his-- eonstirtrtio*-, and, in. danger- of losiitg Himsel^in tlie thicket,, to find- pabulum fer- your- paper; -when within a fi«c minutes' waLla froni ■Bisvi^^efice* there 'are? wonders t akin tr pliice yrhnAh dbes not appear to .attract: Kis nof ice, yet are worthy- the admira---libn of the G*od's !! Si-r; ■ | will* not keep you. any: longer m suspense. My enterprising;, neigliboiij*, Mr Fii rus wortli,. has opened a dockyard. Ifajiify I; see you smile ! But it is. a fact," and a visit to tux artificial lake will mx_re> thaniregay

a Tjr>il some journey, even if it had to be ai4omj>lished Maori fashion, before the "tl-ftpovery of leather. There he will behold a beautiful craft on the stocks, ready to- launch. Sir, allow me here to relate a few. of her qualities. In the first place, her name is to be the " Faugh-a-Bai.agh," which m plain English means "cleat* tlie way" — -a name calculated to strike terror into her opponents — and woe to the Foxtonian, Duncanonion, or any other onian that stands m her course. Hei* engineering is so skilfully designed that m case of energency she can be transformed front a fishing smack into a-.sloop.o_-- war. With, this, combined with our mnchtalfeed of. Rifle Corps, and our alreadyformed Fire-bucket Brigade, we will,, ere lrwig be m a position to bid defiance to any fc reign foe. — I am,. &s, Hanlon.