PATEA'S PROGRESS.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 January 1918, Page 8

PATEA'S PROGRESS.

A SCEPTIC'S VIEWS. Tlie Patoii Press ttio other <tyy stated the, local Chamber of Commerce ! ivould, at its next meeting, consider a | project which, if it materialist's, would make Patea a second Palmers'ton North, so an Eltham correspondent of tlie Haivcra Star evokes the muse:— Sow that you've toW lis a little bit, Oh please let us into the kpqwj What's the thing you've got ''in your kit"? What is it tbat makes you crow! Have you brought Alnddin's From Arabia's sandy plain? Or is it a little tj'iok yon'YP foiiqc] To boom your city again* Why at Palmcrston North you stop Is a little puzzle to me. Why not aim for the bally top, Tbo highpst branch of the tree? Nev/ Zealand cities are nqt sp great, Thftre'ii room for another {o sprquf. So yiyp your Rip Van Winkles a pinch And yo for fi oleap "kiipck ouj.' 1 Why not a city like Sydney town, Or a Melbourne fair to behold! A second New York of great renown. Too long you've stayed in the fold. Act. while Hie current is at its fleod, Why wait fpr the ebbing tide? And keep your pbject nteaiiy ip view, Tito' ptjIPFS mpv jeer hikl (kride.f P-ul sftv, J really vyppld like fo find— I'd like to get info kiiq\y What wonderful schpnij you've got ip your mind For your dear little township to grow. Ere your vacant plots begin to enhance, Ere the landsharks have swallowed the lot, (liyp an importunii ?e beggar a chance, And p)efis(« Ipt lijip into the ''plot." -E. 1!. j Eltham. "