Maoriland's Welcome.

Free Lance, Volume IV, Issue 208, 25 June 1904, Page 9

Maoriland's Welcome.

New Zealand stretches out her hand ' New Zealand's proud to see ! New Zealand feels that when you land, She greets His Majesty. Cheers for Lord and Lady Plunket, "Good 1 luck" to you meanwhile, You'll find out here that you can get Another Emerald' Isle. You'll accept our demonstration, Which heartily we give ; As the Gruvernor of our nation, We say "Long may you live!" Then, a hundred thousand welcomes, We trust your term may see Much joy in all our peaceful homes, In yours, prosperity. — Tui.

King Dick had an excellent right to feel on very good terms with himself when, on his birth-night (Wednesday), the "salt" of Isew Zealand, with splendid spontamety, did him hoiiom Having warmed up "by degrees to has ©Id enthusiasm, Mr. Seddon's voice was resonant, his declamatory action full of fiie, his matter lucid, terse, a,nd convincing The many distinguished people m the Sydney-street schoolroom view with each other in their eulogies, the arrangements, thanks to the lovmg care of Mi-. Culver (J.P.) and the committee of the Wellington branch of the Liberal and Labour Federation, were perfect and the supper was excellent. • * * We are convinced that, 'however inspiring such well-earned adulation is to Mr. Seddon, it is a mistake to tax his strength by loner speeches and late hours, and that Di. Vahntme mi^ht have effected a dramatic and necessary interlude by nacking his mtient home at 10 30. With the rest of the community, we are very glad that Mr. Seddon feels in good fettle again, but the "hasten slowly" policy he has laid down for himself must be given a fair show. Lack of space foibids indulgence m personal chat and impressions but more anon. • * * The Hospital has been quite agog with excitement lately- And it has started to set the public talking since the morning paper the other day mentioned that certain charges were preferred against two members of the staff, that an inquiry took place, and that the charges were heldi to bei unfounded. It seems 1 to .have all started through somebody having seen someone kissing someone else in the Hospital entrance hall. The Hospital Trustees sat in solemn judgment, three lawyers were present on behalf of various parties interested, and a great deal of erridence was taken. When they compared notes and sifted things, it was found that there was a good deal of misconstruction. The maai who administered the lriss was a brother-in-law, and not the other fellow; also that things when put into their proper focus and relation wore a perfectly innocent look. It was a case of much adoi about nothing. And so the Trustees dismissed the charges als quite groundless. Messrs. Davis and Olater, the prominent outfitters, who have made so big a bid for public favour—and have won it —are installed in their new building .at 95 and 96, Lambton Quay. At a mosti sociable little function, held on Wednesday afternoon, many pleasant and well-deserved things were said about the firm, and its health was toasted. The new building itself is a masterpiece of convenience, and is very well built. The sihop is airy, beautifully fitted, and it goes without saying that the stock is completely new and up-to-date. • • • Miss Ethel Biet Harte, daughter of the American novelist and poet, has made her debut on the London concert stage a&> a soprano. * * ■» Albert Chevalier, the famous coster impersonator and charactei vocalist is coming out to the colonies this year.

The miser sat amongst his gold. "I would not part," he said, "With half-a-guinea, tho' my life Were to be forfeited." But influenza got him down, His breaths grew short and fewer, "Take all I've got," he cried, "but give Me Woods' Great Peppermint Cure."