MY "PIANNER!"
When'the ship City of AudJ.iri voi.t ashore at Otaki boats were at worl: fakir'? the passengers ashore, one manned by ■•■ an from the ship, the other by natives ,-n<l pakehas from Otaki, under commar/i of MiJenkins. The captain saw at a gknc-c that the latter boat was worked far the best. ;>.nd at once directed that the women and chibtran were to be sent ashore by Jenkins cc.w. When the boat came alongside for thy second batch of the immigrants, an individual connected with the ship appeared wit a big heap of easy chairs, a collection of curiosities, a piano, and other nicknacks which he desired to put in the boat. He was at once met by a brave and stalwart pakeha, who said, "We come to save lives, not furniture." individual at ouco indignantly asked, "Who the mischief are you?" "Never mind who I am. Those things are not coming ashore in this boat," was the reply. " They shall 1" roared the gentleman on board." "They shall not; and when you come ashore I'll hide you, aud let you know who I am," said the Colonial, showing a good arm. The individual subsided, and whether that piano and these easy chairs and nicknacks <\re still on board is not known. 0 temporal 0 mores! Easy chairs and fancy shells versus Uveal
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Evening Star, Issue 4897, 11 November 1878, Page 3
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224MY "PIANNER!" Evening Star, Issue 4897, 11 November 1878, Page 3
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