CALLED OVER THE COALS.
A man rushed into a local newspaper office and demanded to see the editor. His state of feverish anxiety won an audience for him. “Sir,” he cried, striding up and down the editor’s office, “your paper has libelled me! You have called me the lightweight champion!” “Yes, of course. Well, you are Mr. Fightwell, aren’t you?” . , “Yes, yes,” cried the angry man, , but it’s my brother who is the boxer—l’m a coal merchant.” <
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 December 1932, Page 9 (Supplement)
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77CALLED OVER THE COALS. Taranaki Daily News, 16 December 1932, Page 9 (Supplement)
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