"BILLY" ON THE NATIVE MINISTER.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1965, 10 February 1885, Page 3

"BILLY" ON THE NATIVE MINISTER.

OiK go-niping correspondent, "Billy,' 1 wiites from Te Aw.unutu : -L sympathise with tin 1 Native Minuter. Ho successfully, with scirco » sci.itch, ran the gauntlet through the length .mil breadth of -emicivilucd Upper Waikato. At one tune the jnsstered guest of Wahanui, now in sjmpa thetic accord with peevish loyalty, i»">w within reach of the blood-stained hand of Te Kooti— l wonder if he shook it, ignoring finer feelings in deference to political sentiment — now a patient, but yawning lntenrr to local "Mailings for jxissession uf the nioon," ■jMmred into bin wcnry eyes by representatives who, in most eves, patriotically Htndy the people's mteiests only as a means to fmly Hecure their imn. Petitions and deputations flowed m from north, etst, west and south, and immdited liim, hut being «. strong politic >1 MWinimT, he floated on the mirf.icj, and closing the tinger-. of his right fist, ho placed the point of lii-» «tr tightened thrnib on the tip of his mw »nd gradu illy umlos'd his h-t until it> finger* e\tendi'd full length. Then they gave three or four .spistnodic Ikiln of b\elv mirth, piMwtking activity, which, accomj» initfd by .1 winking of his de.\ter eye, lii-tdt: e\cn the gi i\fnt deptit.itioniht l.tugh. The copyright of the foregoing pen and ink curtnou in »trictly ]>reserved. I intended to pie«ent a petition praying that a p«ssjx)it wystein he adn]>ted .it the now bridge to be constructed acioss the Punui, ho that the country might know the reanon each pcr»»n cro&oing the bridge had for doing ho. To "do "the Maoris, physically, pecuniarily, morally and thoioughly, would be a true synopsis of the reams of written replied to the ximple Query. My petition wan mnnerouxly nigned, not only by the moat influential of To Awamutu's '•great unwaHhed," but also by future generation*, who were comprehended in the following manter stroke of }H>litiual geniux, as those, unless the tendency of all cieation reuses, that are to cotnr hereaftei*. I did - not present it, for my humility oveipowered my duty to my constituentH. The weary exprewion of the Minister^ face forbade my further harmming him. With labour intense and profuse ]>eriipiration, I've wrung out the following :—: —

Dkuicatki) ro the Native Minister by "Billy." Itailance ' my boy, I wi'h you joy, You Vc got .i famous Lillet , You're jmt the wijjht, No Rooso-quill knight I'm sure could better fill it. With smile so sweet You ever grrcct, Each " bruging " crowd of callant ; You butter 'em And slither 'em And keep an even balance. Yes, Bal ' my boy, I wish you joy, The people here adore you ' '1 hey cnaunt a. strain With this refrain, bweet ilallance did we " bore " you !

A meeting of £rcat importance to lessees of Cambridge domain Unds appears in another column. A meeting of the members of the Hamilton Choral Society is called foi to-morrow evening at the Public Halt. Owners of dogs in the Ngaruatvahia district are directed to an advertisement in another column. Menrs C. J. W. Barton and Co., Waikato Brewer), Hamilton, announce that they ars prepared to supply ale of the best Quality, brewed fftm pur« m«lt and bops only, in bulk or tvttie.