Post by NZBC on Jan 7, 2010 20:12:19 GMT 12
One of the passengets by last night's train to Dunedin was a wealthy Chinese storekeeper named Wong Kee, from Cromwell, where he has resided for 20 years. He had never in hid life been on a train before until he stepped into the train at Lawrence, and (says Bruce Herald) he was greatly exited over his new experience. He kept on putting his head out of the windows of the train, expressing his astonishment in pigeon English. In tho tunnels the climax of his astonishment was reached, and he kept on asking excitedly, "How much longa him big black fella. North Otago Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 8974, 10 August 1897, Page 2