MAKARAU.
When will Peter stop those lines " Over the garden wall ?" Frightful commotion at C. J.s camp. Some one . sent a lot of valentines without paying postage. Poor boatswain, you're in love I presume, Since you began to"use perfume, You can't pretend to mtich intelligence, ' But though a bushman, you're a man of scents. The Makarau Christian has been promoted from off-side bullock-puncher to head pot-wholloper in C. V.'s culinary establishment. Dear P., there's no danger of your getting thinner, When you can scoff five pounds of steak for dinner, Your f ellow-bushmen must respect you, now, Because you've got a large steak here in Makarau. Names of houses in a Makarau busy camp : — Tiger Bay, Slab Alley, House of Blazes, Grumblers' Eetreat. The House of Blazes will be converted into a Choral Hall, where the Warden will wield the baton.
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Observer, Volume 4, Issue 89, 27 May 1882, Page 169
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141MAKARAU. Observer, Volume 4, Issue 89, 27 May 1882, Page 169
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