-v ,| ■ ' . ;• "w ;' ' "«•• ••. • *'«: N • • ! •' rJ An ' ingeniofis,£Yariatjon : of the. time- : came to light in \ last week^T-Tow"hours before tho .. "steamer- !JJlimaroa,-f,'sai]nd for 'New ( - Zealand ports. Tljo !'Otag6 Da'ily Times"-states that ■:a :weU-dressgd. individual stepped •briskly: towards?s yeurig>,ma'n ,ivl'io was standComp!my , s , .wharf, and 'if-, bo would like to accept employment down in • New Zealand. Iho yoTOg;;man jreplied'-that ho would, whbreupdn ho was informed by the other that he was in charge of a survey party, but (unfortunately one of his' men bad failed to appear. Rather than for-'-,fpit his passaee-monoy lie offered to take : thd young man as aft substitute, who was promised nine months' steady work at'lis. per d^y-aiid-'overifthing'found. All this was confided;to tho yortmg..'man whilst hisr'-comi i panioh/ Was, walking I towards tho city with ■' the frstoh'&ible"~'inteiltioii'"bf looking .'for tho missing man. Tho supposed surveyor sud- •' denly recollected 'that'r lie had loft air his i money Jockeil up in Jijs room on board, and i. would .'oblifco#,if • tho • yoiing man would 4end. h,ini ; a few pounds to purchase [ some urgent' necessaries, which had been over- [ looked until that very moment. The young . man also recollected that ho had no means >, of obliging Jiis. ivould-bo benefactor, who madn [- <ybmo the sceno. It is . 'scarcely tieccssaryto ddd that tho supposed survoypr .was not to -berfound amongst tho : sailed. • 1 No :has. been'pramler Than that 1 of Miss Lalla Miranda. r/ Slie sang "Rigoletto" • • . : , . ' ; Without a falsetto,._ , ' » A oharapyn' singe^:they wrand her! ; ' No voice could bo truer,' More clear/ or more-jiwo^j. . _ '' . i (Her stand-by, wo hear, is Woods' Peppermint , , Cure!) *
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 192, 8 May 1908, Page 4
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257Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 192, 8 May 1908, Page 4
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