NOTHING MISSED.
Two men entered the bar of acpublic house where a third man sat reading, a newspaper. One of the newcomers accidentally slipped and upset the reader. Thinking1 this a deliberate assault, he retaliated, and "a bit ova shindy followed." ,■■■' :;' ■
By and by matters were mutually explained and, as they quaffed a "dhrop," one of them remarked: "Begorra, bhoys, Oi nivir seen a more ginteel introduction in me loife"; then, as he placed a hand on a muchinjured nose, "there wusn't wan wurnl out ov place the whole toime."
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Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 28 August 1912, Page 7
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90NOTHING MISSED. Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 28 August 1912, Page 7
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