A negro turned up one morning at a registry office in an American town and asked if there was any work for him. The clerk looked down his lists for some time, and said eventually: “There is a job here that might suit you. They are needing a hand at the Eagle Laundry.” • . The darkie looked doubtful. "Wai, sah,” he said slowly, “I ain’t nebber had no ’sperience washin’ eagles.”
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 December 1929, Page 6
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