PALMERSTQN PEOPLE.

NZ Truth, Issue 59, 4 August 1906, Page 5

PALMERSTQN PEOPLE.

He'll sell you a lot or a house or a pub, A pig or a horse, and he claims that the hub Of New Zealand is Palmerston North But whatever you buy or what ever he sell God rest his soul, friend—be assured of this well— The money'll be thoroughly, worth..

Though briefed to do talking, his talk's never brief, . When up m defence of a forger or thief; : • f Yet at him there'd certainly,; scoff none. When m gown and m wig he gets fair on the job, He hops around lively as cat on hot hob, He's a forensic marvel, is Loughnan!

(Alias " The Manawatu Microbe "). There'd be weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth Were there many m Palmerston like P. C. Freeth ; Of morals the self-imposed censor. With the gob of a frog and the legs of a hen He craves to see purity m other men •But no other owns intellect denser.,

(Stationmaster, Palmerstqn North. He stands on the station and watches the trains While anathematising the incessant rains. He abominates larkers and friskers. He just does his duty and don't care a damn, As he shuts up each door with a ref solute slam That vibrates m his treble clef whiskers.