NAUTICAL POLITENESS
1 AS TOLD IN COURT. f g , LONDON, October 19. _ A seafaring witness told Mr. JusT tice Bennett in the Chancery Division ’ yesterday that the following was the a conversation between himself and the I captain of a fishing smack: 3 “I’m sorry, Mr. So and So, you’re 3 trespassing.” “I’m very sorry. I’ll get off as soon as 1 can.” £ “You were extraordinarily polite to each, other,” said the judge. “Are 3 you always so polite?” 3 “Yes, my lord,” replied the witness; 3 “wo are sailors.” (Laughter). ' “I know,” said tho judge. “But I ' thought ” and then stopped without revealing his thoughts.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 19 December 1934, Page 8
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