THE PREMIER AND "JIM."
The Premier's memory for old West - Coasters whom he knew in " the roaring ; days'' is proverbial. It was once more 1 exemplified at Rangiora, relates the Press. All .Rangiora deserted its hearth and home ' to welcome him at the railway station, 1 and Mr. Seddon was besieged by an admir- ' ing and curious multitude. After he had * lei fall the usual honeyed phrases concern- ' ing the children, the comely matrons, and ' the sturdy settlers, he paused a moment J as his eves gleamed with recognition. Amongst the crowd was a well-known t local character called "Jim"—just plain ' Jim —who had fiddled for years at local ! festivities. And the Premier turned to j him with a beam: "It. gives me greater ' htm witn a beam: "it gives me greater ( pleasure (ban ever to see my old friend, t Jim," Ik- said: "we. knew each other on i the toast years ago, when 1 used to trip ' the light fantastic-and I can do a bit of j ii even now-—Jim "always in>e.l to play a the fiddle; ' and the light of reminiscence ,i kindled in the Premier's eye. This little 1 touch of nature made the whole crowd '■ kin, and a spontaneous cheer voiced its !' sympathy. -
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13160, 25 April 1906, Page 6
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