Magistrate Riddell had'never been known to smile on the Bench until the other day, when an itinerant fiddler bearing tke illustrious name of John Burns made a fool of himself m a Government railway. carriage. He and a one-legged friend, who passed round the hat, had been imbibing unwisnlv of whisky, when someone askerl the musician to play "The Bovne Wfltor," fuu! wouldn't give any money for I'lip con"ess:ion. It WRS then i fclut kis Wtrskip smiled* I
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NZ Truth, Issue 123, 26 October 1907, Page 5
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78Untitled NZ Truth, Issue 123, 26 October 1907, Page 5
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