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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 15, Issue 2015, 20 December 1870, Page 4

> TaßjcDnKß; op. Edinbuegh snubs a Si^.^T^e, {Sydney, correspondent of the -;■■ ;:NmptM^*G^e<meU: , writes :-r-" The Duke of Edinburgh,., or rather the captain of the ---G'alatfoffj-aii h6 prefers being called, has deligHteJa a ; large circle of the genuine ton of \ Syahey'by cooljy snubbing one of the most noted tuft-hunters of the city, on a recent :'--' occasion at Government House. The tuftbuiiter founds bis: claim to admission into the most aristocratic circles on his Buccess in business' as a pedlar amongst the Maoris in New Zealand. He has, since his appearanpe.iji Sydney, elbowed his way into sundry positions of some importance in commercial'quarters. > But commercial success ia not sufficient for the soul of the aspiring pedlar j-heatfects genteel and aristocratic society^ intt- made himself a perfect bore to "pur. i late; Governor,' Sir John Young, who was gliad to see the last of him in London. ; The captain of the /Galatea,, who, to his / /honoribeifc. siid, has a, perfect horror of ; V ■^nob^ofrevery degree^ could not escape the fvk^ttentioalpf thepediarj but he declined to 7jo^^^q^Si3^e'witb;;thie pedlar's >wife at I^G^e^^llHouse^and hisjrefusal'was so pi|f ni&l^l^linJl ;to 'significant that neither the half couli pretend to t; ||Dif^^it^d jt.- They therefore left the J^"W^TCgaiinall iii dudgeon at the want of con-%-lf^^^^gpf- the Prince. He did not re-|||||»|^i^|^:^^rjte^-wh.en they had gone ; ;^o|t|^|pli^ry^be joined th)e next quadrille, fefffi and ; jp.^ga^d/to* be amused, at the remarks W§ aSttM^jo(6tjihe jexp^nse of^the pedlarJ' |igscA|^|^^^|^9niaja w&&- once /walking g^:^^g^^^||b4jßtre(ejts:pf Pgris at midg^^^ftM|^Ke^dipJ^,JLWhp's there ?" ; " : 4pn't be