j! j Tfce[M.S'Go-.Alie(id in the Manukau ; on Monday from Waitara. Passenger—Mr Jp!s,'' Patterson'ValsoK arrived, jfrom Hokianga. Passengers-Messrs DalgleUh, :Arcliard, Granger, Lewis,. Lundon, Smith. j A-revenue officer w'na s'ent : intO an 'illicit ; iuvKentuqkey,'. : Ho v illicit distilling was going op, but he could: 2et' ! 'no basis'to wort 'Upon.'" Coining to' an ■ mshManiwli.l) »was tolerably tlruak/V-theiofficer [tapped himjoi jthe. .'.My: man do you want to make'ien dollars'?'' 'I 9 it' ton dollars?' said Pat; 'sure,, and,J , do.' ;'JThen show me a private still.' ''* I'll do that came; follow me, yer honor.' Tllootlier 'followed across lots and fields, to the campiOfj a .company of soldiers, who, had .boen'.senfc.thero' 'to aid the revenue'officers.'' Thesoidi'efs'wero in line—dres3 parade.'.' 1 'Do 'yon, see that redheaded man! asked Pat, pointing to one,of.>the soldiers. ' Yes,' replied'th'eolhcer.* ■ '.'He's my brother; r Hb has 'been in the' service 'twelve. y'earsV;-; 'He'll he, »'• corporal {after a while,; but he is a private still.', ',%ndollars gone, and no illicit whisky found,'' moralised. tho'ofSbec Wto hjjj way to ilia htfel.
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Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1856, 4 July 1874, Page 3
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