THE BROOKLYN.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 131, 4 June 1901, Page 4

THE BROOKLYN.

HE WAS A STRANGER.

(By Telegraph.—Press Associations ■

WELLINGTON, Monday.) A lieutenant of the U.S. cruiser Brooklyn wailed on the Premier*} v announce the arrival of that warshin The Premier will return the visit t Admiral Berney to-morrow, and \v'm entertain him and his officers at the Empire Hotel to-morrow evenihg. The flag-lieutenant who landed thi* afternoon to pay the Admiral's ad. dresses to the Premier experienced some difficulty in reaching his destination. After he had landed and liailed a cab the Jehu was seized with one of those attacks of absence of mind which are so characteristic of his tribe. The lieutenant, who was attir. Ed in full uniform, was immediately diagnosed by experienced cabby as 3 stranger who might be taken in.' Cabby seemed to be bent on a tour of dis.' coveiy, for, instead of> conveying the officer to the Government Buildings, a distance of about half a mile from the landing place, he. made a diversion into ' the suburbs, and explored several ba-clj streets, but at length he pulled up at the Ministerial residence, Molesworth. street, whence he was directed to the Parliament Buildings. If the gallant American had to pay for the cabman's vagaries he must also have conceited a very exaggerated idea of the dimen> sions" of the Empire City.