THE PLATYPUS.

Observer, Volume 6, Issue 146, 30 June 1883, Page 236

THE PLATYPUS.

l"^J)aiiiLMine rug, made from the skin of the I^^^^^^B been presented, on behalf of Sir W. J. BH^^H|HH °.^ Victoria, to Prince George, the second H^^^HuHHrmce of Wales." — {Vide telegram in N.Z, your choicest off 'ring tiring, poaans let us sing j ■ R^^^^H^^E's Bart, and biggest bug George a handsome rug, Tc doum laudanius ! Prince George has got a platypus. this stately rug arrayed, ■H^^^9H^9r^ each lovely English maid j^^^HflHHpder and aesthetic heart gif c of this great Bart. ! H^^H|^Hh Te deum loudamtts ! Prince George lias got a platypus. I^^^HHHm 1^ ot oniitlioninclius Closer shall link us, . » H^^^HtHßierations yet unborn, this most auspicious morn. ■ 2'c deum laudanius ! |^^HH Prince George has got a platypus, HH|Hj^H?e d < ru &S e . (i Russian bear mBBKBMUs shall strike with dumb despair, H^B^HB^R ton's foes shall rage and cuss j^H^Hß^Ht' of ornithovhynchus. Te deum laudamus ! HB^^^HH| Prince George has got a platypus, jj^^^^^HH^^Ha-typus that swims or runs IHB^^^HH 1 Australia's burning suns, its head from out the flax, HBJHHfIHHJg in loud, harmonious quacks — H|^|^^HH Te deum laudamus ! Hi^^B Prince George has got a platypus. Now let some monument arise, And laud the donor to the skies ; Mere titles would be superflux, But call him leader— Prince of Du(x)oks. Te deum laudamus ! Great Clarke has skinned a platypus. AOTOMATHEB. On Wednesday last our distinguished American cousin, Mr G. W. Griffin, , Ph.D., L.L.D,, P.K.S A lectured on his perion»l reminJßC«nceß of Peru,at'tli'e

request of the managers Qf.the Bemuora SociaUUnion. "v to a brilliant audlene6>£Tqrth\}se*wK6 lni6# v 'tliß.t, Hh '•' -u ,ColonyjTsr-C&iffß-M-.not:Oifly^^^ but has travelled widely 'and had the rare pleasure anjkr: advantage of meeting the nobilissimi iti artahdliteratwff ~~ of the world, we .need ' riot; tell of the 'pleasure, he aiforded. To all otherß who have yet to learn of Dtv Griffin's abilities and opportunities, we can only ■says' cultivate ; the first, .-available, occasion to -" add tfttywt "" .- happineß3.,by maKing'Sis' acqnaintance; ''-both arf a pttbw lecturer and private vfriend;'r-: We' cannot attenipt "wfgs,. ' ; to give a resume of;.tho lectuifej because its vyiribittS> . largely. jconßisted as iniich 'in pharm.'of manner »'■ expression as' of detail, therefore/to esiay^itfireprboußS tion, evdn in concrete -iorinj; would vbe as fiitiie ias an ' efl'ort.tojbot a Bunb'eamw I . •;,'•;—■ i ; ; -■•> . - „• :-,- : ;\>>i ■ ■

FOBBIDDBN FRUIT. Since Mother Eve^mii&uided ? soul I— Those apples in the Garden stole, ' And brought a heritage of woe On her posterity below, The sex, those woes and_ ilia despite, Haß shown a fatal appetite . A hungry tendency to lsot. Where'er they-can^lsoj!bj(dden -Fruit. In modern days this ancient feeling Is still so gently o'er them stealing. Regardless of the times r and, planners, They prig the luscious, ripe bananas ; In sportive Dalli(a)nce see'this bevy ■ ... ■ . Of damsels, contributions Joyy • Upon some unsuspecting carter, Who never dreams what they are arfcer. — The City C^utidil ( ma<ie ;j a : remarkable discovery the other day. They discovered, when Paddy Doran proposed to . have-, a bond playing outside the Opera House, that it'waS/cbnfirai'ytto the law and the prophets, because it would obstruct the thoroughfare. Doran is now anxious to jnafte. a, discovery on his own account, viz : why th'e'Citfy- Council did not inake,lSe& discovery before, seeing that it has beon a .£jmii2£j^ practice for bands to play outsido placos of £j|^^^Mh went, and he thinks.' the ■COun'cirwero not^Wl^^^B anxious about the obstruction of the footpath as ra^^B obstruction of Put Doran'a little show. AS IGNUS JATNUS. ; »^ Fire ! fire !! fire !!! Sacrifices-dire I .-•..,' Sale of salvage stoclc [ ' ■ The public only mock • .''■''■ And treat it as a jofce, A tiny puff, of smofce, A wretched rush-light glim, That flickers weak and dim, And spite of printers' mfc • . Will go out with a stink ; An igntM fat aus dull, Poor' simple fools to gull, Into some deep morass Where they, too late, alas ! Too confident and rash; Will sink thoir hard-earned cash".