— Old Richess: "Do ypu know that you have been publicly referred to as t.Uo idle son of a successful banker?" Richess Junior: "And are you aware, sir, that you are known in our boat circles as the father of the champion batsman of the year?" —" Of what complaint," a«kcd the inaurnii.'.o agent, "did your father die?"— "Well," was the reply,'"it was not exact ly in is. sort of way, as it were, a complaint precisely, if you understand mc. The fact is. the jury found him guilty."
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 14281, 1 August 1908, Page 15
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