FIXING UP A STORY
Colonel Fred Burnaby, 'author of “The Ride to Khiva," once told a story of an experience he had in America. He asked the proprietor of a gr j at American newspaper if he had not had a large sum to pay for a very elaborate account of an eruption of Vesuvius, which filled several columns in his journal. “It was not very expensive," replied his friend. “It was only two words. Our man at Naples just telegraphed ‘Vesuvius active,' and I guess we just fixed the rest up in the office here."
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12249, 22 September 1925, Page 12
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96FIXING UP A STORY New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12249, 22 September 1925, Page 12
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