"KING" SEDDON OF NEW ZEALAND.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 110, 15 May 1902, Page 2

"KING" SEDDON OF NEW ZEALAND.

THE MAN WHO TAKES. Thus "Oasoy" in the World's News (Sydney):~ " Begorra, Oasey, ' h>V was a reign iv te'i'ovrit me l ioma ksht aveisio, projo. ced by an omadlmm tallin' mo ohilder that King S d>lon iv New Zealand, wid it ;."'-reiU ar-rm> T , had airoived; that th' King had rapchoonvl Sydney an' th' suno<mdiu' eotn'ry iv' Austr iliv>„ widoufc a bliw bain' i-truck in silf-difinve. In was t.h' Birtui, tariff that did th' ckmage. Oi've heard f.li' tihole details fr'rn nn brother in th' volunteer. Barton wu'den't let New Zetland's timber an' projooce io, so th' Kins; sez to his cooi'tieis: —Call the Tiuth (Jontingant out," sez Seddon, au' we'll go s'hraight aorost an' annex Australia."

" But ye Diver belaved anythin' iv th' koind, did ye, Phegan ?" " Ni'-vv; Oi kaew that Jawn See an' Sir William Lyne wud allow such an outrage whoile they'd a drop iv biooi ia their veins. So Oi pacified me family. But he's an aggrissive man, is Sedrion, Casey." "Oi knavv. He niver laves go his hoiild on anythin' that ha wants.) When ha came into politics first he wanted a sludge channel f r his miner f rinds, an' in caught th' Gnvarmint by th' ear, an' nive.r let go till he go^i l .] An' whin t.he Printer's job fell vacant,.! an' aviawthui' chap claimed i v , ' ; e!don jist sed: 'Lave go thtt b:llnt, its moine,' an' •h' other i<Vo " I'.vo it go.: No wan has !.in able <o taak i'; fi'm! 1 him since. Iv th' p ap?rs go on rilin' J Seddou, Phcgf.n, h/d taake Aus'.ralh wan iv these days." ! " Is th' gr-reat man goin' (o th' Cipe! to ind th' wnr-r, Casey ?" "Naw. He's goin' to land a few hundred iv his la-ads to ind it or git lindod Fr him. Jt's himself that's P"in' to England to crown his brother King at Wistmirsfer," se?; Oi. " D'ye mane to tell mo Dick 'll put th' gooldtn crown on Id ward's R'yal head ?"

" Iv he gits lh' c'aanst tint he will," sez Oi, " atih'Hs ho takes a fmey to th' bawblrt liimse'f, At.' daycides to raak it If dots, a'd !h' Bs- fVatirs an' other eoorhi.Ts wot'r. be able tt privint th' daypeesition iv' the' fam'ly iv Guelph. Thm 'm-'ll hvo his own fam'ly to moind th' rulin' bisntss whoile ho goes to South Afi ic i to taak th' Transvaal an' Orange countbrv fr'nt th' inimy," "Oh, but Lord Hob r;s an' Misther ChambHilaia 'll have simethin'to siy to that."

' Th.iy can'r, Phi-gun. Nak wan cm say anythin' to Dick whin his moind's med up. He'll jist say, ' Luk here, you !a-ad», run out to i h' H< t 1 .takes i?; me own counthry. You'll find it go .d flyer lulths.' An' they'll go, Pti-gan." " Whin he gits to th' fr-ont, h 'll makrf tbim Boers run," sez Oi. he that'll bo wirin' Home di?pitchi-s. ' Oi suipioised th' inimy in foonw at Methuselah wtiia Oi war resoomia' th' land t'r ch'S'ir sittleminr. Ther' wiW foorfeen thousand iv thim undlier old Jan Abel T-sman, a decindiat iv th' chap that di-covered me own oiljny. The inimy at onc't mod fr th' hills, an' 0; chased thim. They ar-re still runnin'.' Later, 'Oi chased Jan a hunderd an' fifty moile?. The old msn was toired, an' surrinderd wid his whole ar-my. Oi'm kapin' guar-rd misilf. Oi ixpict ma own ar-my to catch up to me th' day af ther to-m>rrah, Yours faithf'lly, Seddon.' " " Phwhat a turribly active man he must be Casey." " Yis, whin he's stumpin' th' ctmnthry, his pr.ivate siodty's diap by tie waysoids in their efforts to kape up wid him,"

" Oim fhi.kin' he's bloodthirsty, though, Case)', or lifl wuddea* hive waut«d to sool his woild Mowries an' thn By rs."

" TV Mown s ar-ra fa«- fr'm woild in th'so days J'tu-gan. They're bo c vilissd thai Oi don', think they cu i ahtind th' harniflabips iv wao-r, 'lis ih' gr-rpfit warriors their ancistors were, though."

" Why I)';pk 'shud he so vilint agon th' Du'ch Oi dinoaw."

" Phefj'in, me bhoy, Dick's a good hater, an' bo's niver qu i:o forgiven Jan Abel T-usmao f'r dayproiviu' him iv W roighs to Hi-cover N »w Zs.ihnd." ; "Th' banquet te th' King w.is >i fo'no uffair, Puegao, Tjby Butju,

J.wn Se-, Tli«')'Sulliv n, Sir \V:i]yu.i. ! jLyne, th' .Vho:ney-Gij u'l an' m-si!f 3 were prisint." j " When juiiticH had bin' c)ore to < - li' isolids a«' we inirjiit'-d o\ir koc- | {jars, iin' listened to ill' fl ;W iv or.-'-itliory. Th'iocal p HUi slums held th' ! (lure till elivin o'clock, an' whin th' jtoiro't fualiV got a hould iv mont iv us, i ch' ' Kin"' pot up an' jeshpifded to ' tV.' jam ■ hat his brother polit:shinr : hail laid on thick."

i " Oi'm ouercme wid all veer koirul 1, n«KK," seze". "Oi niv.T knew phwa* a' j ■ fcine spidmin iv a man Oi was till yn! ( jtowld me. B ir' in th' i ; ami game ns , veer nobh» cilves, iv cows ■: Oi knaw i how yo nil ar-re. All the j sump," sezee, "Oi'me to ■> r>\v!d a but- ( rud to he drawn out an' Rome iv th' questions ye have raised. Oi can tell y<> nawtbiu' about me d'-frMgca an th' Fijises an other Payci6c Oislunds," k zee; "but ye'll knaw ail about it whin Oi've seen me frind Chamberh'n in London. Oi luk aa Australia with a frin'ly oye," sez-e. "Did he Hay annvthin' about how

his other oye was lukkin', C«kv ?" " Naw. Not ho; but ye <;<n V"it yeer loife Fbegan. tWs uninetbiu' iu that other oyo that's got to be watchel. He's goiu' to thry an' git th' whole Impire to sea things wid that fame oye, an' if he does, th' r.y..• t!m 's lukkin' 'at Australia f ; in'ly loike 'il git bire j an' close up, an' thin phwheiVU we be, | Oi diunw." j " H.-'s a sbtrbug man, Casey, Oi'm ! thinkin', an' Misther Barton'll h-ivo to • dhr'-fsup as Delilah iv he's goii.' to j Di'e this rfiodhervi Samson." | "So ho "vi'l, Phega;i. Si he will; | but us loua as Dick can wield his jaw bone, tb' Fidiral Philiistoiues will h-ive u rough toiine iv it."