CHRISTY MINSTRELS.
The Hon. G. W. (Russell's humour is !of the elephantine order. He has likened the Opposition to a troupe of Christy miiustrete. Well, supposing liis sfescrijp | bion be correct, ■ what, does lib imipily ?, Surely notliiing' more than that Mi' Mtesey's party can give and ttake a joke, and that it possesses tiomething. in jthe nature of comhinaftion. 'But what of Mr Russell's parity? Mr Hogg described the most impprt'aint section ,cf it as a menagerie. That, however,•; is irather-unkind. |A icircus would imore nearly meet the case —only that the individual - nvith the conical 'hat, 'attire, and stale'jokes is rather thHifeli'nr£ .evidence. ,L : ; !
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10661, 17 June 1912, Page 4
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105CHRISTY MINSTRELS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10661, 17 June 1912, Page 4
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