THE QUEENSLAND FLAG.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 58, 8 March 1877, Page 4

THE QUEENSLAND FLAG.

All we wanted was a flag; '' We aire a great country; We extend from sea to sea. We likewise extend from shore io shore. We rise gradually to the top of Mount Lindsay, and we do not see how it can be disputed we descend downward to the centre of the earlhl We are a great country. We own a considerable segment of the tropic of Capricorn. We have four cardinal points and two bishops. We are trebly privileged in the matter of zonestemperate zone, torrid zone, and ozone. We have a lot of climates, and watersheds, rain-gauges, and things like that. Moreover it is to be remarked that we are a great country. We have an advantageous position, and a rampageous Opposition. We have snakes, and crocodiles, and the " Evangelical Standard," and busby- tailed rate.' We have politics, lunatics, and sheep- ticks. It is further to be observed that we are a great country. We have population, legislation, immigration, and separation. We have a Governor and a King, We have the requisite amount of Smiths and Browns. We have a destiny before us; that is to say coming after us. We have all the elements of developement and mineralogy. We have a great deal more, but we have just been reading that brain work after a full meal draws all the blood from the stomach. But what we particularly wished to insinuate'was that we are a great country. All we wanted was a flag and we have got it at last. We are not going to criticise the select emblazonment. We had no ancestors ourselves, and our heraldry was neglected. We know that azure is the hue of our usual Christmas look-out, and that is about all. As for argent, we hardly know the color of it; and when it come^ to wrestling with a "Queen's crown proper," we simply beg to state that braicworkafter a full meal draws the stomach up to the cerebrum, or something to that effect. We cannot (or dare not) verify the passage, as our spouses are reading the book, and are constitutionally cantankerous after a full meal. We have just awakement enough left to ask why does not Mr J. (pourquoi J. always? — we all know its plain James) Brunton Stevens give us an ode, or a hymn, or a psalm, or something, on the subject? It is a great event— much greater than the exhibition. The latter is of tbe things which perish with the using; but our azure Maltese on a cross Queen's proper argent crown is meant to last for ever, sir. The meteor flag of Queensland shall yet terrific burn! et cetera. We feel as if we could do it ourselves. But beware, sir. In agonising after a rhyme for " flag " avoid " lag " as you would avoid mashed potatoes. It mi .ht be insidious, you know. We mean to say, invidiuos; but brainwork after — a — full — meal.—-- -" Specialities " in the Queenslander.