WINDY WELLINGTON.
A humorous sketch of New ZaLud is being published in London, tbo author being Mark K<-rshaw, which it is believed is a nom de plume. Toe bretzmess of Wellington o.a not pass unnoticed by Mr Kerehaw, who gives the following as th > testimony of a resi tent:— ‘W.nd. indeed! why, it’s only a week or so n i when a whole girls’ tuhool was bio* 1 ; o can out to sea Now they have invented a way for reefing their petticcv ■). Too muc t sail doesn’t do in these parts. AH the nursemaids and children never turn out now without carrying a small kedge and a few fathoms of chain hooked to their perambulators.” “ Good for windmills,” I remarked. “Yes wo thought, so, until we tried them. One was clown away and landed somewhere up among the Maoris, who refused to return it, saying that it had bean presented to them last year by a gentleman from Australia, The other mill we anchored clown, but when it once ; commeocad'to move, we were never able Ip stop U." I
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1422, 2 December 1886, Page 2
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180WINDY WELLINGTON. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1422, 2 December 1886, Page 2
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