WHO PUT THE BUTTON THERE?
Captain Scott's famous ship Discovery the First has been dismasted. When her mainmast was lifted tout of its socket a shilling came to light; and under her foremast were a halfpenny and a button. It is customary to put a gold coin under a ship's mast when stepped, but when Discovery the First was fitted out in 1925 no gold coins were to be found. Who was the humorist who pushed tlie button under the foremast?
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22723, 8 May 1937, Page 9 (Supplement)
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81WHO PUT THE BUTTON THERE? New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22723, 8 May 1937, Page 9 (Supplement)
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