THE PUNJAUB MEN.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1634, 28 December 1912, Page 4

THE PUNJAUB MEN.

LEFT BY lONIC YBSTEBDAY, The Punjabis who lave' ten in Wellington for the past week, awaiting the departure" of tlie lonio for London, took their departure by that vessel for the Argentine yesterday' evening. During • their stay the' Puijabis have made the ship Dartford their' home, and have also made sev-eral'tours'-of the town.. As most people know, the Punjabi is a hard, consistent worker, but a very shrewd person to deal with. He .saves every penny hi earns, and it is understood that the 37 who'tcok their departure yesterday had a joint capital of some thousands of pounds. , For the "run across" special, arrangements have been made on . the lonic, whereby the Indians will be ablo to dd all their own cooking, for . that is a matter' pertaining to their faith.t. , Mr. J. J. Davis, representative of Messrs. Brown and Joske, of Suva, who brought tiiis pioturesijue collection of Orientals to Wellington; left' for Sydney by the Haunganiii last evening. As an additional matter of interest, it may be mentioned that notwithstanding the. fact that these Punjabis are' nationalised British subjects, arid have served in the British Army, Messrs. Brown and Joske had to go bond to the Government to <tho extent of for each man.