11 The men can pay their shillings as they go out after dinner, or I’ll take your cheque for the lot, but I won’t give any 1 tick ’ to the Government.” Thus the proprietor of the City Buffet, in 'Wellington, to Captain Boddie, after the Royal visit last year. The popular captain gave his cheque, the men had their dinner, and they had felt sincerely grateful to their ‘alsipper" ever singe.— Elthsm Argusi
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 395, 21 April 1902, Page 2
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