PERFECTLY ACCURATE

New Zealand Tablet, 6 November 1913, Page 62

PERFECTLY ACCURATE

The following is a good story relating to the late Earl of Shaftesbury. It is said that the Earl once called a meeting in connection with certain work, and only two people turned up—himself and a very fat reporter. After waiting, and no one else coming, the Earl said he would dictate his intended speech. The reporter took out his notebook, and the Earl began: 'At a large and respectable meeting held ' ' But that's not quite correct/ objected the reporter, as he swept his hand round the empty hall. ' Come, come,' said his lordship, ' are you not large, and am I not respectable?'