The South African war has brought an awkward plentitude of military / titles in Natal. Our Natal society woman says : “My greengrocer is a lieutenant, my draper a captain ; the sweetheart of my housemaid is also a commissioned officer of some kind,s and only yesterday the man who came to lay the carpet became quite friendly and patronising, because, he said, he expected to be mentioned in the despatches.” Up to April 12th fifteen large steamers had sailed from Hobart this season loaded with green fruit for the British market. It is 17 years since the " Coptic was chartered for war purposes owing to'the Russian “ scare.” *** Subscription to MOTUEKA STAR : Three Shillings and Sixpence a Quarter , -which may begin any time
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Motueka Star, Volume II, Issue 78, 13 May 1902, Page 3
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