THAT DOUBLE!
A ■paragraph remarking on the num-. ber, o^people who Were alleged to have struck the ' Star Rose-paptain Shannon double, which appeared . two isi stt£3 : back has drawn from " Subscriber," '..vH&wera, the following statement *bf what he avers is. the truth. He , says :— . . . -.„„. . . , ;...'.• . '"iPlie nien. who struck- tjjiat double reside m this district. The elder, is John Heslqp,, . inspector 1 of noxious weeds, aM'the otlier^.is young Mcll-. doWie, employed m tiie Gkaia^a post officer Hxr^ it come ,to. tie taken was thus r Heslop was at Waverley a year ago and saw Star .flose just beaten a head by that useful pfad, jQlareinont; and", also saw" .Captain Shanttpn WiA the dotiblev (M the strfin-gth : of those performances he sorted, them but as good !^obd£ and. as It turned but, displayed- admirable ..-judgment.' This -year he was down m the wind and rain 1-6 See i.f ■' he could hot pick rr em again' for neit N.Z.. Cup meet-. fhg. : fibw fie will succeed, time : a!bne can .tell."
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NZ Truth, Issue 76, 1 December 1906, Page 2
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167THAT DOUBLE! NZ Truth, Issue 76, 1 December 1906, Page 2
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