GOOD MEASURES FOR THE COLONIES. (From Punch.]

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VI, Issue 526, 17 August 1850, Page 3

GOOD MEASURES FOR THE COLONIES. (From Punch.]

John Russell & Co., Downing-street, Home and Colonial Tailors, Invite attention to their New System of Colonial Measurement :— With joy and pride a parent sees His children climb about his knees ; Pleased we regard the tiny elves, The little dittos of ourselves; It is a gratifying sight To witness their increasing height, And mark, as every father knows, How quickly they oatgrow their clothes. A change of garb, too, must be had, Soon as the child becomes a lad; We then select a manlier style Of clothing for the juvenile. With little Bulls John Bull is blest, 'Tis time that they were rightly drest; Russell & Co. will undertake The requisite costume to make. With needful measures duly squared, To meet all wants they're quite prepared. Suits they provide for every age, Of growth according to the stage. Yea ; from Australia to the Cape, Jamaica, Canada, Ceylon, Russell invites to try them on; Easy they're warranted to sit, Full freedom to combine with fit, And elegance with what must be Resistless — strict economy I In which all other firms compete In vain with Russell's, Downing-street.