INNER HARBOUR RANGE.
To the . Editor •of the, " Timaru Herald.''' Sir,—England's best-loved essayist the Gertie Elia, in the " on Boast Pig " telis us of the accident by which the taste for' that succulent but hitherto forbidden delicacy was first acquired by a Chinaman. 'The accident wajv the burning dowc' of' the pigstye. Ajt&)' li;uidling the burnt carcase of pigpie; in a thoughtless moment he licked his fingers,'and so strong became his. taste for 'roa&t sig, that he spent the rest of his days in burning down "pigsty®*""'' Will -you''allow riie sp°ce to suggest to '.hose members of the Timaru Harbour Bnard wbo intrcsved, the effect of an accidental slii 'gle bank in kiJlii:g and c oking the "inner range" sbnie years •igo the propriety of damping a preoira-' t: ry shing'.e bank in the s ai'ie rieicrlibnurhjtod r>rior to the due arrival of tlie iiU*er( range.?.; : I am. e■ 'i ■ i hawser., : August ,7th, ,1903.
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXIX, Issue 12142, 10 August 1903, Page 3
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155INNER HARBOUR RANGE. Timaru Herald, Volume LXXIX, Issue 12142, 10 August 1903, Page 3
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