Kruger’s Thriftiness.
When Oom Paul first visited England, he was the object of much concern to his fellow passengers on board the liner from Capetown, many of whom were consumed with curiosity when they notice a his absence from the dinner-table for the first four days out (says the "St. James’s Budget.”) On enquiry -they found that the careful Trfinsvaaler spent the dinner hour cn deck, where he eagerly devoured biltong and biscuits. When asked his reason, he testily replied, “I have no money to fool away on expensive eating like you Englishmen.” The correspondent who tolls the story, and was on board at the time, adds : “Fou should just have seen the old man trying to make up for lost time when it was explained to him that his passage-money includes his meals on board.”
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 9 January 1901, Page 4
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136Kruger’s Thriftiness. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 9 January 1901, Page 4
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