A HINT TO COUNTY COUNCILLORS

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 294, 20 July 1917, Page 3

A HINT TO COUNTY COUNCILLORS

The last place on earth to which you should go Is a place in New Zealand called Patumahoe ! For there it rains nothing whatever but mud, The sight is so dreadful, it freezes your blood ! Every back yard's a bog. every roadfide as bad, If you fell in the mud folks would think you were mad, And yet 'tis the likeliest thing one would do, For there's scarce a dry spot where you could walk through ; In fact if you got here without spots or stain We should know you had travelled by aeroplane; For there's no other way by which you can get To I'atiuiahoe without getting wet. If you think such a state of affairs cannot be, VVe.l a 1 I can say is you just come and see! If you once should the Patumahoe mud attack And could over get out! You'd not want to come back. I.C.E;