While the commercial travellers and warehousemen were making merl'v in New Plymouth one afternoon 'last week there occurred an incident, involving one of their numbers, which might easily have had serious results (says the Herald). A much bewhiskered salesman stopped his patter foi a moment to light his cigarette. In a flash his whiskers burst into flames. The wearer quickly dashed the mask off his face and luckily sustained no injury.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXII, Issue 2516, 20 December 1927, Page 4
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