NO FREE BEER.
YOUNG EARL’S DECISION. “THE WHOLE THING IS SILLY.” After the 24-ycar-old Earl of Bnckinghainshii'e took over the estate at Hampden, near Great Mkssenden, wliich contains the public house, the Hampden Arms, it was rumoured that he was to follow an old family tradition and serve free drinks to all the villagers. The carl said: “Nothing of the sort is going to happen. So far as I can gather, 1 am supposed to follow an old family tradition and serve across my counter one pint of beer to one of my customers. The whole thing is silly, and the more people talk the loss inclined I shall be to serve even that pint.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21242, 24 January 1931, Page 3
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115NO FREE BEER. Otago Daily Times, Issue 21242, 24 January 1931, Page 3
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