PUKEKOHE.
(By Nemesis.)
Exists a town of swell-ed hea(l ' . Obsessed with sett-e«t«™. Jrt tad To driving progress, real ana live. As drones that fest the honied hive? Tis Pukekohe. Exists a town where civic spirit Censure derives in lieu of meni, Where fossiled logies lean and brown. Cry each proposed advancement down * 'Tis Pukekohe. Exists a town so wrapped in self, Material profit, lucre, pelf. 'ihftt culture, or refinement s ctown With hob nailed boots is trampled dOW " 'Tis Pukekohe.
Exists a town to ingress blocked. By egress likewise equal mocked. With quagmire, bog, they term high Within the borough limits sway. Tis Pukekohe. Exists a town whose only claim. To sham distinction is a name, As unsubstantial as the shade Cast by a mount by spring-spuds made? I 'Tis Pukekohe.
Exists a town with loathe and scom U "common fry" beyond her bourn, Yet off as not is put to »»»«»• When outraged victims test then claim? „ . , . 'lis Pukekohe. Exists a town whose natal time Sounds six decades to present prim*. And yet along advancements way Is whipped by towns of yesterday, "lis Pukekohe.
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 544, 29 June 1920, Page 2
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184PUKEKOHE. Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 544, 29 June 1920, Page 2
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