A ONE-SIDED ENCOUNTER.

Waipa Post, Volume 37, Issue 2179, 5 July 1928, Page 4

A ONE-SIDED ENCOUNTER.

WHEN Scot meets Scots there is by no means such a one-sided encounter as when, a Scot's antagonist is a mere Sassenac'h. We are informed by the latest mail news from Home that some of the Australian Scots staying at a Glasgow hotel revenged themselves for the inattention of their compatriots who served the drinks by restricting the amount of their, tip to one penny. It must have been a grave offence on the part of the waiters to warrant this drastic punishment. Scots are not naturally "close-fisted" outside the pages of comic papers, and a Scot whose nature has been warmed for many years by the genial Australian sun could not easily be hardened by the sterner atmosphei-e of Glasgow. Perhaps the whisky was not of the right brand; perhaps the barman cotald not trust his customers; perhaps the hand that held the bottle ceased work before the customer thought it proper to say - "when." Or, worst of all, the " considerable trouble " in ordering refreshments may have lain in the non'of the waiter, despite! persistent calls, when some of the thirsty Australian Scots were anxious to liquidate the hospitality of a fellow Australian Scot." In the circumstance

it is rather surprising that even a penny tip was forthcoming, for to a Scot 'his Scotch whisky, like British justice, cannot be delayed or denied.