The Fan-Tail Episode.
We hear thafe an information has been laid against a certain. Chinaman called "Jimmy Tong," alias " Jimmy the Royal," for breach of the Gaming and Lotteries Act To-morrow is the great day of slaughter, whim the sacred precincts of the Court will be bespattered with the blood of many roosters. However, ib is an ill wind thafc blows goofl to uob->dy, «s the proceedings will enable their owner-! to dispose of some old cocks which have been pronounced no longer fib to crow. The bailiff thinks differently, though. He cannot see Che good m that '• ills-win?!," - whtle 'perambulating the streets with the same old cocks which he has baen instructed to dispose of to the Celestial witnesses m the case. The worst of it is, he says, there is nocommi'-sioo. Ho is gradually beginning to find out the meaning of " Fan-tan " and " Pa-ka-poo," and to wish the cocks at Tim- buck-too, On seeing his desponding mien, the Celestials are getting more and more cheeky In their attitude, and the cry now is : " Oh, me no frighten ; Gillespie no summon me ; me summon ; he keep my domino ; he play fan-tan now."
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 246, 19 September 1883, Page 2
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193The Fan-Tail Episode. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 246, 19 September 1883, Page 2
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