Eureka Reporter | 1904-01-29 | Page 7 | Carried Politeness Too Far

CARRIED politeness TOO FAR act of courtesy that lost lighthouse official H s position recently the british warship spar row visited the native kingdom 0 of tonga in the south pacific over which the british government es a it protectorate its ruler Is a dusky and spirited oung man who calls himself ling ang george 11 II when the sparrow was in the harbor of the tongan capital a ball was to have been given on board but tha the electric I 1 tailed failed and all III sorts of expedients were resorted to for the purposes of il lumina don an obliging customs official ot of high standing removed the light from one of the lighthouses in the harbor and took it aboard the sparrow for this risky piece of politeness he was dismissed by the tongan government the captain of the interceded with king george on bis his behalf but his majesty was inexorable which in lit dicatos that he knows his business