*'Yes, sir,*' said the Taita resident with the frayed collar, "that land is now worth £10 a foot, and a few yeara ago I could have bought it for a mere song.'*
"But yon Wouldn't sing,*'chuckled the funny man.
The man witK the frayed collar eyed Mm distantly, anil Tepliecl xa. qwck, cutting tones: "I could sing, bit 1 couldn't get the right land of notes."*
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Hutt News, Volume 3, Issue 29, 11 December 1930, Page 13
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