A cup of tea has been variously described', but it is doubtful whether, more than one person in a hundred has lieard the description ascribed to Mr 35. A. Bedford, Deputy-Mayor of Napier, while talking to a friend at the* opening of the United! Croquet Club. .Shortly after the opening speeches he said to a friend, as lie made his way to the pavilion: “Oh, ;well, /I-think I’ll gO over to. have a cup of ’ His friend, whp is ilo mean; tea drinker, was bewildered. Slie said: “A cup of what?” Mr, Bedford explained, to the amusement of the bystanders that he meant a cup of tea.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 12076, 16 October 1933, Page 2
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107Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 12076, 16 October 1933, Page 2
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