The 'Argus' having exposed the monstrous perversion of the duty system whereby a certain Victorian coal mining company managed to pay a cent, per cent, dividend out of the money thus obtained from the State, "Oriel" sings thu3 : In a light and tripping measure, and an easy sort of way, We invite some small attention to our little bogus

lay. While in true poetic fashion we invoke the tuneful

Nine To record our little flutter in the "how to have them" line. In the line, line, line, When with bright imagination We conceived a speculation. And we christened it the Cool Cheek Mine ! Pass the details. We may mention, as a sample

of the whole, That the final aim was profit, that the simple means were coal. So we held a general meeting, and determined to combine, With this laudable intention— and we had a glass of wine-

Glass of wine, wine, wine ; And we talked about the forces Of our natural resources. And we eulogised the Cool Cheek Mine. Then we issued a prospectus couched in laudatory

vein, Clearly proving fresh taxation must ensure a But we didn't sell the products that were taken

from the mine ; We preferred to sell the public— it was far the better line. And in fine, fine, fine- It was really quite too funny— We annexed the country's money, And we blued it in the Cool Cheek Mine.
So the Government determined that they ought to subsidise Such a notable example of Victorian enterprise. It was cent, per cent, the profit— you may easily divine That was one per cent, for labor, and. the other ninety-nine. . Ninety-nine, nine, nine, Was at once hypothecated By the crowd who speculated In that simple little Cool Cheek Mine.
