An Adventure on the Tui.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1618, 26 January 1886, Page 2

An Adventure on the Tui.

A rather sensational incident ;hap- : pened on. board the Tui during her last voyage from Fbxton. The steamer left on' Friday night, having pn board passengers tor Wellington some 14 ihdivi-' duals of that class which conducts "three card trick" performances and lotteries, invites investigation into sleight of hand tricks, and . makes an honest living by the practice of similar mysterious amusements. The steamer had just pot over the bar when a difficulty arose m connection with the payment of passage money. The sporting gentlemen (who had been to the Foxton races and were returning with full pockets) asserted that an agreement had been made for the conveyance of ten of them at reduced rates. The difficulty speedily became a- row, m the course of which the passengers became so excited that -the captain of th ; steamer; on entering the saloon and threatening to call his men downj "was ; promptly ■ kfiocked aowfc. Upo*n tins, Captain Pope, who had done 'his best all through to settle matters .amicably, stopped the boat and tried to 'get lights shown, m order tha£ he might go back into:: JJoiton and leave his obnoxious passengers there-" This,'however; he^ was iunable,to do, and consequently he did the next , best thing, i.e.y brought the steamer on to Wellington. The souffle was a very, rough one* and m the course of it the steward of the boat received an injury to his leg. The ; whole tffing was most discreditable : : to ithe passengers concerned, 1 but it should be • stated that that no blame could, attach, m any -way to the captain or to the officers of the boat.-— Wellington paper.