DARGAVILLE IN AND OUT OF UNIFORM.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume II, Issue 107, 22 November 1873, Page 3

DARGAVILLE IN AND OUT OF UNIFORM.

The following is Mr. Williamson’s opinion of Mr. Dargaville : —My friend Mr. Dargaville has been very complimentary to me at the Thames. Sir, lie spoke of me as one whom hehadknownlongenough, and he believed I had very good motives, and all that. He said I had a good heart —a large heart—but my head, he thought, was not equal to my heart. Well, sir, I occupied a bed-room one night with my friend at Helensville. We happened to meet there, and he told me he had been ask to stand for the Superintendency, but he had no notion of it—not a bit. (Laughter.) Whether he wanted to put the callippers to my head to find out its dimensions or not, I cannot tell. (Laughter). But, sir, he said if my head was as good as my heart I would be one of the greatest men in the colony. (Laughter). Well, sir, all lean say in regard to that is this : That if my friend Mr. Dargaville’s head was as big as another part of of his physical formation — (laughter andcheers) —which may be seen only to advantage when he appears in uniform— (renewed laughter)—then I say, he would not only be the greatest man in the colony, but the greatest man in creation —(loud applause)—that is, supposing he had brains enough to fill it and intellect enough to work the brains that were in it.