How to do it.

The Lyttelton Times reports that there are twenty-five thousand people who say
That they are determined to have the East and West Coast and Nelson Railway
But then some people say, Why, how are we to pay ?
For our foreign debt to-day, On which we send away
Interest, amounts to fifty millions and more.
New Zealand is bleeding at every pore,
And if the rates of interest don't get a good bit lower,
We shall soon have nothing left in our basket and store;
So it would be a great pity we shouldn't put in our oar,
And try to prevent Sir Julius from running us on a rocky shore.
They say, he'd like now to borrow eight or ten millions more,
And to go to his friends on the London Stock Exchange therefore,
Who have Moneys to Lend ! Moneys to Lend!
Save us from our Friend!
And the Money they'd send,
For 'twould only be paper.
Messrs. Meiggs & Sons were really quite willing
That we in New Zealand should spend every shilling,
And the friends of Messrs. Meiggs & Sons seem so very rash,
They'd sacrifice the interests of New Zealand "just to make a splash"
For them the dash, the flash, and the cash!
For us the flash, the crash and the smash!
New Zealanders of every degree, Pray listen to "we,"
Let us join in a League, And stop their intrigue!
If against a State Bank they'll no reason assign,
Let us not whine and repine,
But "jine" and combine
In the League for a National Bank!