A rather awkward predicament was narrowly averted in connection with a no-license meeting held in a prominent Marlborough town quite recently. It was a lady lecturer, and the usual decanter of pure water lay on the table, but at a critical moment the glass was missing. A gentleman went off to a neighbouring house for the loan of a tumbler, and was innocently handed one in the dark bearing the legend "Drink Watson's Whisky." Some fortunate inspiration tempted the messenger to glance at the glass before placing it in full view of the audience, and the perilous situation was saved.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 401, 4 October 1911, Page 5
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100Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 401, 4 October 1911, Page 5
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