“Where’s the Captain?“
»vnerr s me • They wanted to see the captain. Sixty of them—4o Maori school children from North Auckland and 20 boyscouts from native troops at Poroporo and Poroa, near Whakatane, who were being shown over a modern liner at Auckland. Few of them had been to the city before, so they decided that the white-coated steward who met them at the gangway entrance was the skipper, but later agreed that he couldn’t be, because he didn't wear a cap. So they picked on the young officer who showed them around, but were disillusioned by their guardians. Then they agreed that a Harbour Board official who stood busy on the wharf must surely be the captain. Look at the way -he was ordering the carters around, look at the white cap and the gold braid—you could see it shining from the boat deck. When the real skipper did arrive to talk to them, they looked at his grey lounge suit and bowler hat unbelievingly. Nevertheless, they delighted him with a haka and marched off his ship singing.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 42, 20 February 1939, Page 8
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179“Where’s the Captain?“ Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 42, 20 February 1939, Page 8
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