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LOED BEAUGHAMP.
bydriey, May lo.:
' Whenat Albany Lord Heaucbamp's pri
vate secretary Handed the press the follow
ing message from the Governor to the
people of New South Wales.' It is
verse, being an adaptation'of "a* verse of
Rudyard Kipling's "The -Song of the
.Cities":-—a.- . . .. .
GREETING. • v
- Your, birthstain have you turned to good,
■.Forcing strong wills perverse to steadfastness,
'The first flush of the tropics in your blood,
. And at your feet success..
" V i:"'—BEAUCHAMP.
The-message has occasioned much talk.
The "birthstain" is an unfortunate refe-;
rence in the case of .New South, Wales. "
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