HE WORE HIS TAM-O’-SHANTER
“I’d love to see him with liis cap on,” said a tiny girl in one of the children’s wards at the • Auckland Hospital on Thursday, is Sir Harry Lauder and his niece with other visitors, were being shown through by the medical superintendent and the matron. On went the tam-o’-shanter, and the enjoyment of the youngsters was complete. “Wlmt have you been doing?” asked the Scots visitor of a youthful patient swathed in bandages. “A motor hike ran into me on Grafton Bridge,” was the reply. “Well, I hope vcfu’re soon better—and is the motor bike all right?” said the Scotsman. When a little fellow in bed was asked what he had been up to, lie said that he had cut himself. “With a knife?” was asked. “No,” came the reply, “with a slasher.” , “Well, I’m keeping away from you,” said the noted comedian, simulating hasty retreat. Leaving a ripple of childish laughter, the visitors passed on tlieir way.
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 May 1929, Page 5
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163HE WORE HIS TAMO’-SHANTER Hokitika Guardian, 2 May 1929, Page 5
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