THINGS WANTED BY THE COMMUNITY.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume II, Issue 116, 24 December 1873, Page 3

THINGS WANTED BY THE COMMUNITY.

More schools and fewer public houses. A heavy fine for abuse of patronage. A good “ whip ” for a pack: of place hunters. Some metal for the road to Ormond. A land tax on Absentees and Jobbers. A comfortable school and master’s house at Gisborne and Ormond. For the sake of the towns which bear those time-honored names and to the credit of the distinguished originals, those great men ought to give £lOO a piece in furtherance of the praiseworthy object in question. Think of the honor and feme of having one’s name handed down to the latest edition of posterity by being attached to a thriving city, let alone the contingent advantage of the schools to the rising and other generations. It is dirt cheap at the price. Let us have a cheque shortly, or we will change the names of our cities and send the bill of fame into some more appreciative parties. A more equitable system of taxation, by means of which Dives may be made to bleed as well as Lazarus. A solution of the Native difficulty. A dissolution of Parliament. A title for Mr. M'Lean. A park for the people. And, though last not least, a circulation for the Poverty Bay Herald, And a good many other things too numerous to mention in this announcement.