' The squire was playing cricket for the village eleven. It was a somewhat hreezy day. and the fast bowler with the wind behind h!s back was almost unplayable. He sent down one ball to the squire: which just crazed the bail and : carried it away. The batsman, with the utmost sangfroid staved in his,i crease and picking up the fallen bail remarked threateningly to the ish windv to-day,-George. The urnfire replied drily. • ‘‘Yes. sir,-, it is. /bit I’m not. And you’re out.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10740, 10 November 1928, Page 9
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82Page 9 Advertisements Column 1 Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10740, 10 November 1928, Page 9
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