Strained Relations.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12195, 19 February 1903, Page 6

Strained Relations.

j The Sydney • "Evening News'' r coi£- ■ ~ tains the following amusing skit-:— -. rumoured in the^ ;Ekenin£> News" office that Mi \La!ureface Folejf, -" the retired champion ,' boxer Of New - South Wales, , us dissatisfied with 'tibe >inteuview', -with , him which we p.ubj lishetf in these coUbnins^fately, and il., js understood i* weir Informed circles that he intends calling, round here to r > Conduct . ah" ' 'interview' on' Hi s( own' • ' account! and in his own way. , 'There-i . eeipt of this . news, naturally called for our immediate mobilisation. PattroJs are out daily,, in the direction of Mr O'Suiiivau's office,, and in the matter, of home defence, preparations are, ' 'ibeing ftusiKed oil" with feverish haste. 3|be fireplace in , ; the ".reporters' , room jkais'. been fitted with a flight of steps leading uip the chimney^ and .at every window <>f the. editorial department there is a rope ladder which should give -speedy, access* to 'the street, pro- ■> vided that two people don't try id' go timvnTthe laldder at once. 'The! subeditor intends, if surprised, to get- in to the 'copyi lift, and. jjulL himself vp . to thei floors X above. A false alarm occurred this morning^ when a rgentlejrtan with a^ determined chin and black whiskers was '"seen ascending: the - srt.aii'B. The • repoVters'- .room w«aa emptied, in I*3 3-Ssete, which must be .looked upon as very, cradi table, considering h...w little training 1 ihey hay* had. All that the via, : .V».<i saw' , was the . coat-tail of the last ' reporter die- -' up the. chimney. l{he prih-. i ters \who live at the toj» of the J&rild-; ' ing, are bwsy - entrenching .themselves . in "a laaget of linotype machines; .and, ' hi this crisis we cannot speak /too highly of the heroism anil self-sacri-% flee, of one" comp'osjtor. who nas .oiffer? I ,ed to engage the- visitor while V' the '. rest of his. comVrides seek belter. 'Of "J" rooiirse lidori't \eipecfc to make any* |j land, of a show, with him/ he says; , I 'but, . at a-iiy; rate,. I*ll meet him at - the top of the j stairs, and just keep ithe Hies off" him' till you clear, out.' '• The man who * wrote the 'interview' has put on a false beand, and 'whis- - kers, dhariged. his aanie, and taken to , He f was seen, arid-shot at, two', nights ago,, by- a selector who hoped." 'to 'earn the reward . It is', therefore; no use for Mr Foley to call ' • , here to. interview ' hnri^ Further de- / ' velopments :• are 7 anxiously awaited,"-" ■' ' in — . " 1 ?_

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