The Wellington correspondent of the "Southern Cross" writes: — I -wind upwith the latest hon mot, said to have come from Auckland, and told by a grave and I'everend seigneur. It is this : "Do you know why the Government would not go to war with the natives?" " No," was my reply. "Because,'' quoth he, "so many of the Constabulary have their | lives insured in the Government Assure ance Office that they can't afford to run i the risk of having them all killed by the natives !"
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Wellington Independent, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3885, 16 August 1873, Page 2
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