The British Way

No politician that is not blinded by prejudice will refuse to admit that Britain is a better guide to follow where politics and journalism are concerned, than Australian. Maoriland aper

!et us ta"e the British way, #ollow where our fathers led. Though the years are somewhat grey And old systems somewhat dead$ !et our fashions all be set As they used to be obser%ed When the strong !ANTA&'N'T Mostly got what he deser%ed. (ournalists should be the same oliticians should not range. !et us simply play the game Without any thought of change$ !ion)hearted *+,-A*. "new Naught of graduated ta/ When old ,0-'N12 teeth he drew To pro%ide his battle)a/e. (0-N the Magna ,harter signed By compulsion, it is true And didn1t seem to mind +f the whole blamed public "new But the leaders in the press Were anonymous as cows +n the days when "nights would dress As we clothe our sto%es and ploughs. +n the days when clad in steel, #oemen met in deadly shoc", With spi"e upon each heel 3rging on the battle)croc", -e who punished any news .id it with conscious clear +f the fighting person1s %iews Were his own, he need not fear

2plendid pageants came and went, !eprosy was somewhat rife eople mostly paid their rent With a dagger or a "nife. 2plendid whis"ers filled the land$ And from justice hot and raw 5ings administered by hand 2labs of hard un6uestioned law. +n Australia no one cares Much about the ancient way, There the scarcity of prayers &i%es the Wowser things to say$ They ha%e grown un)British 6uite. Wandered from the ancient path, And a number ta"e delight +n the wet and modern bath. 0ne tradition ha%e they "ept, 0ne that fills our souls with fear, Ancient as the 2a/on -ept) Archy is their lo%e of beer$ And they ha%e the awful hide To e/punge from off the slate All their re%erential pride +n the ages that were great. 2hall we follow where they lead7 No by ,0-'N212 whis"ers, no8 !et us go at British speed +f we really need to go. N0*MAN W+!!+AM has been dead 9ery dead for 6uite a while. 0urs to mar" the thing he said Bac"ward march8 And try to smile.
at 01Maori seudonym of .a%id Mc5ee Wright N.2.W. The Bulletin :rd 0ctober 4;4: .MW12 loose cuttings
Sir John McKenzie was born in Ardross, Scotland, in 1839. In later life he told the story of how on the first day of his arrival in al!erston he cli!bed to the to" of #$eta"# to view the s#rro#ndin% co#ntry. &ro! that hei%ht he saw only two h#ts, and, in a reference to the notorio#s land clearances in Scotland, the tho#%ht occ#rred to hi! that here was a land for the "eo"le who were bein% driven o#t fro! the ho!es in which they had been born. 'n that !o#ntain he vowed that if ever he had the o""ort#nity he wo#ld not allow the evil laws of the old land to "revail here. (his was co#ntry )and "ersona%es* that +M, $new well and wrote of often. A !on#!ent to McKenzie was erected on #$eta"#.

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