SONG OF THE MAORI TATTOOEH.
(Translation.) He who pays well let him Bo beautifully ornamented ; But he who forgets the operator, Let him be done carelessly; Be the lines far apart, O Hiki Tangaroa! O Hiki Tangaroa! - Strike out the chisel As it cuts along may sonud, O Hiki Tangaroa! Men do not know the skill Of the operator in driving hia •Sounding chisel along, O Hiki Tangaroa!
Scotch lasses dressed in tartan costumes will act as waitresses at a number of refreshment depots to be opened in London, where oatmeal in variou3 forms, from porridge to puddings and cakes, will be offered lo customers. - A Westporiian got a surprise, a lew <.la.y«i ago, by being made the recipient of a sum of "conscience moves'." He received a letter from a resident in a distant part of the colony, enclosiug a cheque for 24s* Tho Avriter stated that 24 years ago, when the Westport man was a hotelkecper at Charleston, he (the writer) paid him a halfsovereign for two drinks and was handacl 19a in obajure.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2545, 24 December 1902, Page 57
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176SONG OF THE MAORI TATTOOEH. Otago Witness, Issue 2545, 24 December 1902, Page 57
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