RATHER UNPLEASANT.
A few nights ogo the Chief Constable and his Subs were required on board the brig“ Diana ” to take some of the sailors to the Lock-up for disorderly conduct. White on board, a few evidently bent on mischief, endeavoured to ascertain if Mr. Smith was troubled with corus by making a sharp blow with a billet of wood at his foot while standing near the hatchway. After the men were got into the boat, and about half way betwixt the ship and the shore the boat began to fill with water, one of them having pulled the plug out, consequently the constables were obliged to bail or sink. Shoes and hats were immediately at work to keep the boat afloat while some one was singing out lustily to those who were likely to hear on the beach, not ** my kingdom for a horse.” but “ my baton, my baton for a boat.” However, with great exertion they succeeded in getting to shallow water, without anything more serious than the wetting, and lodged their troublesome customers in the watch house.
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Auckland Chronicle and New Zealand Colonist, Volume 2, Issue 54, 15 August 1844, Page 3
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180RATHER UNPLEASANT. Auckland Chronicle and New Zealand Colonist, Volume 2, Issue 54, 15 August 1844, Page 3
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