Effective Retort
“Now, when Australians sneak of
windy Wellington I have good reason to remind them of December 10, when roofs in Sydney were torn off, windows broken, and much other damage was done by the fierce gale which swept the State,” said Mr. ,T. R. Kirk, director in New Zealand of the Australian Provincial Assurance Association, who returned to Wellington by the Wanganella. Mr, Kirk said that, although the storm was no joke because of (he amount of damage done it provided a very effective retort f unny disparaging references to Wellington,
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19821, 24 December 1938, Page 8
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93Effective Retort Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19821, 24 December 1938, Page 8
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