POLITICAL RHYMES. THE APPEAL OF OUR UNEMPLOYED.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 307, 13 October 1888, Page 6

POLITICAL RHYMES. THE APPEAL OF OUR UNEMPLOYED.

By the snow-covered heights of the bold Southern ranges, Where they rise o'er the plains which our cities adorn ; In our green Northern valleys, wuere hature exchanges Her fern covered wilds for the rich fields of corn ; By the lake and the crag, still the true poet gathers ; ich treasures whore nature's fond pilgrims would roam. Though at times we may 3igh for the land of our fathers, We are proud of the charms of our fair island home. From the height we look down on the city, outspreading From the lulls' rugged base to the glistening sea, Where the proud ship from Home for the harbour is heading, And the isles hail the dawn of the bright days to be. And we think of the steep by the green shores of Devon. Of the scenes which our Drake and his veterans knew ; And we pray that the smile and the blessing of Heaven, Which ennobled the Old Land, may rest on the New. Shall this fair land of our 3 by her sons be forsaken ? Are thy statesmen, Zealandia, faithful to thee When they banish the workers whose gong should awaken The echoes long silent, from mountain to sea? There are valleys unploughed, and your rich. hidden treasures Must remain undisturbed till the alien appears, For our leaders, though, proud of their wonderful measures, Lack the daring and skill of our brave pioneers. It is not with the cant of the alms-seeking pauper, Or the whine of the hound who would willingly kneel In the dust tor the sake of a glass or a copper, That our toilers unwillingly make their appeal ; They have sinew, and muscle, and brains that shoxild win them The competence hoped for and toiled for in vain, Andthey leave their loved homes, and the fond hearts within them, For new scenes and new homes in lands o'er the main. While our docks are unused, and our vessels unfreighted, And our mountains and vales lack the farm and tho lold, Shall the men who would rob us be petted and teted While selling our lands for the foreigner's gold? Shall the oilence that reigns in our vales be unbroken ? Must oiir workers still roam for the bread here denied ? There is work for them all were the cheering words spoken That would bring them the gold which the banks' coffers hide. should people your lands with the men who would scatter The seed and the grain where the forest trees wave. Where the song of the tui would blend with the chatter Of the innocent babes you should cherish and save, Where the songs from the hills and the valleys ascending Should be heard in the homes of tho forge and the mill, And the murmuring stream, with its music unending, Should flow by the church near the forest-clad hill. Still our women grow pale and our children are pining, And our men roam our streets, or are borne o'er the sea ; And we patiently watch for the cloud's "silver lining," For the rays which shall brighten " tho gem of the sea." But the shadows which long o'er the land have been gliding With '"the wave of depression " would soon; pass away, Were the men at the helm and the men oft deriding As honest as Firth, and as faithful as Grey, Auckland. B. S. Husband.

When a cat; gives an entertainment from the top of a wall it isn't the cat we objecb to, it's the waul. Charles Villiers has been a member of every British Parliament for fifty - three years. Berlin is to have next year an exhibition devoted to appliances for preventing accidents. An opportunity when a good deal can be said on both sides. — When chatting over a garden gate. A French laundryman cleans linen without soap by rubbing it with boiled potatoes.

the use of br\d nnnsiito. The packages of butter from eneli factory should also be of a uniform size, as, if I want to take an average of a quantity, I should require ten time the labour if packages are a variety of sizes. A uniform eize'of 701b is the best. If your colony is to develop, you must simply land your butter fivsh and in good condition. T have seen better butter from New Zealand than from the United States or Canada, and I have never seen better butter from Dorsetshire. You have the cattle and the feed, and only need energy and judgment to produce the best butter ever made. I do not think it would pay to get a scientific dairy expert out from England to lecture, etc., in the colony. If the Government wanted to spend any money they would do better by getting out half a dozen or half a score uf good practical cheese -and butter-makers, because, if you look at it, the very a b c of our habit of life in England" is butter and cheese making. In New Zealand, on the other hand, so many of the farmers have had no previous experience that they cannot be expected to make good butter. There is many a girl in England of sixteen or eighteen years old who could •come out here and m.uk.i your butter or cheese perfectly. If you can only produce the stuff, we can command markets in London, Liverpool, Glasgow, and •other places ; we have friends there, and ■\ve can do it.