MIDSHIPMITES IN AUCKLAND
11 The "Sydney Bulletin" la responsible for the following :— The Auckland Glub— immortalised by " Ooeana " Fronde— gave a recherche Bpread to the officers of the Fleet during their late trip to the North Island of New Zealand whioh reminds us that one of the greatest of modern eights Is to aae a senior officer enter a olub accompanied by three or four midshipmen, each aged 13 or 14 years. " Will yon have & {drink 1 " saya the senior c flioer. 11 Yaas," chorus the midshipmen, who immediately proceed to pull out nine-Inch cigars and place themselves outside brandies and sodas inches taller than themselves, It is rumoured that the other night m Auckland a. midshipman fell Into a glass of. whisky-squash and would have been drowned m it bat for the Intervention of a gallsnfc navigating I'outenant, As It was ha had a very narrow escape, and sank twlee ere he was pulled out.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1779, 29 February 1888, Page 2
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156MIDSHIPMITES IN AUCKLAND Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1779, 29 February 1888, Page 2
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