THE NATIVE MEETIN'.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2560, 21 March 1877, Page 3

THE NATIVE MEETIN'.

I was bothered quite complaitly, ■ fo didn't write.ye lately, • ■ The Dbcthor an' meself wint out a fishin' For Maori flats ye see, An' me boy, 'twixt you and me, Be gprra we succeeded in our mission.

Och, be gog, I cut a swell. At Finches fine, hotel In Alexandra City proud and fair O, Meself is mighty sorry . That I can't describe the wharry . Ay that bould an' brave ould warriory Te Wharo.

Sure meself an' Major Mair. - Wid the Ministher was there. Assimbled wid the cockatoos an' squatthers^ That live around that place— Yer sowl, we had a case Ay whiskey, an' a feedav thripe an' throtters. ;

Whin the feed came to a close, Ses Rewi—-" I suppose Dear Docthor, I'm not priviliged to bore ;-_. ' J e > ■•'■ ••.'.. . -. But wid yer lave I'll bring (He spoke just like a King) A purty little grievance now before ye..

" Me bit o'land is sould " lies the Docthor—"So I'm tould." Thin" ses Rewi—f' Faix the ground was ;/;.- ; quite adjacent, • : . .But some dirty spalpeen mane .'. Has chated me, that's plain, Be the mortial I have not been thrated dacinct." '

Thin the Docthor ses, " Ay coorse We met here to discoorse On Maori rights, an' keep ye in yer -••"■" placesi" :- ' c -*■ Thin givin' me a wink, He ses, " Paddy d'ye think Is it safe to back ould ?Guy Fowks' for the Races." r

He mint Dunaydin Cup, So I tuk another sup Ay whiskey, an' I gintly whispered— " iJaniel, , Jist back the ' Bower '..or ' King,' Ay ye want to join the. ring, Or • Punga,' she's as game as any ' Spaniel.'"

. . Thin taking put his book He laid heavy on the Hook,", .„ Wid Rewi an' Ti Nikau (knowing stagers, They call the sugar:" hoot,") ;So we settled the dispute, . : ■ ■ An' the Dbcthor ses I'm witness to the •'•V, wagers. - Paddy Mxjbpht. Lambton Quay," Wellington, ' March I, 1877. —Saturday Advertiser.