A Palmerston North lad cleverly prevented serious results which seemed inevitable <as the result of a half-drunken fight on Saturday night (states the ‘ Mann‘watu Times’)- One man made a brutal attack upon- another, and to divert his attention the boy threw a- stone, then abused the biff fellow until he followed him along the road, swearing and threatening. Meantime his first intended- victim '’disappeared, and the young fellow was too fleet-footed for his pursuer. “ I can’t play ‘ Macbeth ’ before twenty people,” said" the famished tragedian. “ Think about your art,” said his manager, soothingly. •“ I cannot even do that,” replied the star, with a tragic gesture, , “ A stage hand is eating a ‘ hot dog ’.in the .win£s.” - ... . . . .
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Evening Star, Issue 18031, 27 July 1922, Page 2
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116Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 Evening Star, Issue 18031, 27 July 1922, Page 2
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