The House that Bent Built.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7809, 29 April 1905, Page 2

The House that Bent Built.

I'rompted by the determination of tho Premier of Victoria that 'die Government shall make the bricks required for the new Melbourne Hallway Station, '•' Oriel " wrote in the Melbourne Argus on Saturday :—This is the house that J tent built. Theso are the trusty bricks that lay in the houKe that licnt built. This is the land out Thornbury was that contained the highly s'uljtailile clay from which they made the trusty bricks thai lay in the house that licnt built 1 . This the machine of such wondyous power that it makes 1,000 bricks in the hour, on the plot of land out Thornbury way, where they found the highly suitable clay from which they made the excellent bricks that lay in the house that Bent built- This is tho combine, shrouded in vice, that forced up bricks to such n price that the J'reinier declared he'd save the '' pelf " by •' making the blooming bricks " himself ; so he bought that machine of wondrous power that knocked out 1,000 bricks in the hour, on the corner allotment out Thornbury way, where they found the roost satisfactory clay from which they made the superior bricks that lay in the house that ilent built. This is the great pretentious scheme, the highly fantastic and hazy dream, to shatter the combine shrouded in vice that*! forced up bricks to an outside price, Ufl the Premier declared lie's save the " pelf " by " jolly well making the bricks " himself; so lie bought the machine of such wondrous power that it turned out 1,000 bricks in the kour, on the land that was purchased out Thornbury way, which yfclded the highly suitable clay from which they made the excellent .bricks that lay in the house that Bent built. Where is the mind of lofty hopes that stays behind and pulls the ropes—the constructive force—the creative mind—the ingenuous governing power beh/.nd ? This is the man behind the scopes, upon whose bosom the l'romicr leans—the man of the helpfujl, courteous mannerTrades Hall Socialist, Martin Hannah .'—that fathered the great and pretentious scheme, the idle, hazy, extravagant dream, of shattering the coirilMne shrouded in vice, that sold their bricks at an otilsMc price, and suggested to ilent that he'd save tho

" pelt ' by making U ie bricks he wantftd hinjsttli ; so they got a machine of such wondrous power that it made these bricks at a thousand per hour, at the ideal place out T;hori*bur,y way, where they fotinir the-highly suitaljlo day from which they made the trusty * bricks that l,ay jn the hauso that Dent bugt.