THE LANGUAGE OF A LUMPER.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 936, 1 October 1910, Page 5

THE LANGUAGE OF A LUMPER.

AND A : DISTINGUISHED VISITOR;,

\ The departure of Dr. and Mrs. Gra- -... ham Bell from New Zealand last evening by the Moeraki was marked, a . rogrettablc incident. As Mrs. 8011, who - s>: ' (s-an invalid, was being assisted to tho gangway a wharf labourer, who was ■wheeling a load of-.flax- to-one of the vessol's slings, roughly, and, - it is - stated, avoidably, bumped into hor, tho flax striking Mrs. Bell on- the shoulder, ; - ,' giving a violent shock.' Dr.: Bell, on , remonstrating with the' inan, was,- ho/ ' 'alleges, ;met , with of an ox-\ ■ ceedingly coarse and offensive descrip- v tion. • Tho matter was promptly ro- % ported to* a constable, and every effort made by Dr. Bell to securo tlio man'a name', but in the short time at his di£ posal and with the, confusion that prevailed Dr. Bell did not succeed. In • describing tho occurrence to a Domin-. ' ! ion representative, the famous inventor :■ said it was the only incident that i 'i,' marred an. otherwise enjoyablo and . porfect sojourn in New Zealand, where on all sides he had boen received with. , • the utmost courtesy and kindness.... -v ■ ; . Dr. Bell is now en route for tho •■. . Philippines, China, and Japan, after which ho will return to the United • States to i.M'ntihue'^laboraj®^';'-^ chiefly in connection with the perfecting ' ;v • of motors for aerial propulsion. ■ .. ..