SAME OLD TALE.
Talking of police control, a gossip writer in the weekly "Scotsman" mentions that at Newmarket Sir John Lavery, the famous artist, was once warned off the course. He had established himself with his easel, when a policeman wanted to know, "What's all this?" He mistook the easel for a prohibited "stand or board" for bookmaking purposes. He next wanted to know who had given the artist permission to paint there, and to the answer "Lord Derby" had the ready retort, "Show me your permit." Sir John Lavery explained that, as he was staying with Lord Derby, lie had no permit. "Same old tale." said the policeman. "Off you go." So the artist had to pack up his ease] and go in search of documentary evidence of his tfaer* j
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 164, 13 July 1929, Page 7 (Supplement)
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132SAME OLD TALE. Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 164, 13 July 1929, Page 7 (Supplement)
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