PRIZED HEIRLOOM
‘ TAM-O’-SHANTER’ ’ SNUFF-BOX
(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.)
DUNEDIN, May 23
A link with the legend of Tam o’ Shan ter was exhibited in the “Otago Daily Times” office in the form of a quaint snuff-box, which lias been in the possession of a Dunedin family for at least 80 years, having been handed from generation to generation. The i'jox which is beautifully finished, carries on the inside of the lid a coloured picture of Tarn o’ Shantcr, and the cobbler, Johnny Souter. The box must be over old. It came nittr the hands of the late Mr John York, who resided at AVaita-, luina for many years after ho arrived'* in New Zealand in the early days. Mr York came from Belfast (Ireland), and made the voyage to the colony in the. ship Leiic-hardt, which ||eft the London docks in July, 1866, for Lyttelton- He brought the box with him from Ireland. The heirloom, which also hears the names of Tam o’ Shan ter and Johnny Souter, is in a - perfect state of preservation,’ and is highly prized by the descendants of Mr York.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 May 1932, Page 6
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185PRIZED HEIRLOOM Hokitika Guardian, 24 May 1932, Page 6
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