“You tliiuk you are going to boat 3lr Coates, do you?” inquired an elderly farmer of the Labour candidate Mr Barclay, who is contesting the Prime Minister’s seat, and is at present conducting a campaign. “I don’t know, but I’ll give him a good go for it,” replied the candidate. ‘And your name is Barclay, is it?” persisted the farmer. “Yes,” was the reply. “Well, then, I think it should have been Buckley,” was the old farmer’s final crushing comment—a comment which brought roars of laughter from the audience*
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6735, 11 October 1928, Page 8
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