Just a Modern Pirate
‘THE voyage which comes to my mind at the moment was a trip from Japan to New Zealand in a very old tramp steamer. The outstanding per-
sonality on board was the old skipper-he always struck me as having been born too late. Had he been born earlier he would doubtless have commanded a Pirate ship. Nearing New Zealand a mysterious fire broke out in one of the holds, but this was soon put out. He made the most of this incident and had a wonderful story to tell about a great collection of Japanese antiques which he had collected from time to time during his many visits to Japan. He was so. ‘broken-hearted over the loss of some of his treasures , that he had decided to sell the remainder. The news spread like wildfire and the sale was a great success. It wasn’t until the buyers left the ship that they realised that they had also to pay customs duties on many of their purchases. The day before he left I went down to see him off and: asked him if the sale had been up to his expectations. His reply rather astonished me as he reckoned that it was very much better than a similar sale he had had in another part of the world two years before, All he wanted to complete his make-up of a pirate was a red handkerchief on his head and a skull and crossbones emblazoned on his jersey.-(" Just Shipmates O’ Mine." Major F, H. Lampen. 1YA, February 7.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 140, 27 February 1942, Page 5
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261Just a Modern Pirate New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 140, 27 February 1942, Page 5
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