A British soldier tolls a story of' &t Fiji settlement in the early <layfl.,. i A white msn-ffbo was taken prisoner by an inland trilja had a cork leg.. Notioingi that his captors wore fixing up an oyen, ; hebecamenervous, and to-conoeal' his' fear something-,f#i,eat, Pood with such force that. ftstood erect, ; 51? nativesjldoked on in- great' astjmiabJaent and evident alarm. Alter the -^ftwai! over he began to unscrew hie. leg. was too much for the poor savages, liadn't the slightest curiosity to sea he would do for him, a,nd.let him walk ,aw natives began to gather mounting ne made a' motion m..lf. te.-?-tj" unscreV his head, and the speota^.fledK^ '-An-ilrohpapßr,.reportuig tbi lost .At :*?. '•■ ; Bteapftt; says:; -"The (japtain Bwam-^-.,." ashore, so did'the Stewa,rde«.';! She was? 'j tasted l ; for five.thomand-Ponndi and/,- • u«a«a -sn, •,!«.» ,; ;•:•";?*.Tf. ~.■■." •■• -'
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2474, 11 December 1886, Page 2
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133Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2474, 11 December 1886, Page 2
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