There rt: tricks in I'llc sly grog i i;u!e ;i.« well :is in other. l ;, if t-lio i'v; !•. ii' i; of .a defendant til an «i.s-->'i".lt case before} tho (Joint recently (says flie Taihape paper) JS to bo crs-;!.itid. Apparently whisky, jxire, i('fcc!;i:.~; los a bottle, whisky plus iii•!>\!;;it'.rl spirit It's, and if plenty, of water is added the price falls to Ss. The witness admitted buying the grog, so ho ought to kirnw, but js the Heiicli placed no crodenco in his story, there remains it- doubt. Th'jro are very few better shots in Kn !•(!(>;•• flian King George — n fact which proves liim to be the [iix-;,-.'.ssi!!' of s!UV!i«ss of eyo and coolness and stevi'iie-s of nrrvo . A magazine of sp.;rt recently held a. sportsmen's nlebi.scif e as to who wove tlie Lwelve most remarkable .shot.s in the country ,_ <:?iwl tlie result fonnd the then i'rince of Wales in tlie fourth place, after Lord do Grey. I.or'd AYalsingham, and Mr Headle.v Noble. llis Majesty has performed the very astonishing feat of firing both barrels of two guns in such rapid succession that lio has had four dead pheasants falling through' tho air at the samo moment. At Balmoral ho achieved what i.s nearly a. record—out of 22 stags, the result of a. weeVs stalk, fving George bad. 1.3 to his own rifle.
"Hi, Joe, where away?" "Why, down to Dick Moore's, at Woraron. for my packet of smokes." "Good enough, Bill; I'll come with you, for a, haircut and shave; and afterwards we'll have ' fifty up' on ono of Dick's billiard tables. Remind mo, afterwards, to buy some envelopes and paper from him; its handy to get everything at the one -Advt.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 August 1910, Page 3
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283Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 August 1910, Page 3
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