BENDIGO V. OTAGO.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 29, 17 February 1863, Page 3

BENDIGO V. OTAGO.

e fj°. wby snub Otngo ? w * y New' Zealand thus detract ? ?aJ laco spite of thine embargo, - a^ iow an established facC. l ** ! the ancient proverb tell us _jj- ry dog will have his day ? ? a J vhat U59 in be ing jealous, } u5 * ue your diggers rush away f ni up " Fuit" on thy goldfields i ; w ibod'3 the word for you, >n i rs won't stay on those old fields r, c come here to pastures new. TB up are thy quartz reef swindles, hg: at'g the priee of " New Chums" now ? ieti with thee to nothing dwindles, £i'2 o this fact can d isavow ? jr. 1 recount the dismal storj naj the fate of poor Pall Mall f is al! its forme* glery ? ; ' drach price of rents can tell. • ! in e a railway, thousand' pi tie* \ DO Ti at U9e 'tis I can't divine, &X j i? it up to your citys' £6J Victoria in a 1 ine. 'I 1 ?' go seems short of cash now, 10 is tottering and una >uad, .— J sans are 2oini» to smash, now, '; ins; five bob in the pound. *S' washed to escape debt's fetter, '_* irin^ of this thriving place, j.| come here themselves to better, ? , 1 again take "heart of grace." -B» 3u 6tory-tclling papers ! •9 se mendacious Fourth Estate, 6ft try on such unfair capers, set ly fence and prevaricate? gui inj down our rich Otarjo 's irj; in vain ; the steamers fill, 000 ing passengers and wgoes ;~° te of all thy scribbling skill. • j ie editor inditing, V hi3 face a cynic smile ; M-. his venomnd pen is writing, el ? quantity of puile. ,•■' ho rushes in'o fiijurei ! 'i 1 disinterestedly . j on warning starving diggers IS- 3tago not to flee. j jjj try, how he enforceß, I to turn up worked-out ground, f.wj of BemHgo resources, fgj d his readers look around, p. , ito breweries and foundrieß ha proud exulting air, e *'! ) tanneries on the bound'ries r e'i u gb they've Bcarco a " tanner" there; S pj he Advertiser quivers! r; ofra^e Rtour success news eoraes of golden rivers • rJ 1 ad of famine and distress ; i j bow the DunFtan 6hockß him, . j ere bright gold rewards the search !c! tho " Arrow" fairly knocks him ' ' his editobtal perch. n i C. K. Thatchbe. fa -uary, 18(13. o fl from Daily Times.)