With My Bow And Arrow
(By
WHIM-WHAM
\"The popularity of "archery as a sport is increasing. . . . Caretakers have had to warn off youths practising this pastime in council parks. . . . The present by-laws forbid such a _ practice, the by-laws reading as follows: ‘No person shall take, carry, or use... bows and arrows, or catapults, or shanghais, within the limits of a park, except with the permission of the council.’ "Christchurch City Council report.] O Bows shall be permitted, No Arrows, in the Park. Why, Someone might get spitted, Supposing some halt-witted Toxophilite let fly And smote a Passer-by For Want of better Mark! ¥: ES, Archery, not warlike As once it was of Old, Now subject to the Law like A Game of Chance, is more like A Public Nuisance than A Pastime for a Man, And has to be controlled! HE cruel "A" who shot at A Frog (so People say), And Tell, who took a pot at An Apple, would be not at All respected now. We really can’t allow Such Practices To-day! UT here’s a PropositionI’ve thought it out MyselfThe Home Guard might petition Some Person for Permission To take and use the Bow Against a Foreign FoeNot leave it on the Shelf!
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 141, 6 March 1942, Page 6
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204With My Bow And Arrow New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 141, 6 March 1942, Page 6
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