CONVERSATION UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
Some twenty years ago, when the Magenta, an Italian warship, was at Auckland, the captain and first lieutenant visited the Thames with Sir Donald McLean, Mr Davis (of the Native Office) and Paul Tuhaere. The Italian captain desired much to converse with the Native chief, and the conversation was accomplished by the captain speaking in Italian to his lieutenant, who passed the remarks in French to Colonel St. John, who translated it into English, when Mr Davis further translated it into Maori for Paul. Paul told the captain that he admired his ship, but he thought the young meu of his crew wonld require looking after if they were allowed ashore—a fact the captain of the Cristofero Colombo evidently discovered in Sydney, where some of his men attempted unsuccessfully to desert. These men have been in irons siace the departure of the ship from Sydney, but (saya the Poet) did not appear to the visitors who saw them on boatd to be much concerned over their plight. They wore leg irons.
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Press, Volume LII, Issue 9272, 25 November 1895, Page 5
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