A Visitor with a purpose.
Mr Simon Fraser, of Point Chevalier lias gone to Wellington to do some " lobbying" - the Auckland Star stales—in support of his petition to - Parliament claiming a reward for dis- • covering a goldtield in the old Provincial days. The better to draw attention to his grievance, Mr Fraser has taken his Highland costume and his bagpipes will him. The imposing spectacle of the Burns' Club piper, - arrayed in sporran and kilt, struttiW ; . about the lobbies, alternately playiqjU.the national wind instrumented dancing the Highland Fling,,shd flourishing a formidable" skeno dhu," is calculated to strike conviction into the lieai t of Vincent Pyke, who is almost the only present mem'ier of the; House who is conversant with the facts of Mr Fraser's case, It will be a sort of counter blast to windy Wellingto have a " blaw" from the pipes, and .. il the powers of music to soothe the savage breast have not been over-rated, Mr Fraser should prove successful iii obtaining his long-deferred reward,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2905, 22 May 1888, Page 2
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167A Visitor with a purpose. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2905, 22 May 1888, Page 2
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