A REBUKE FOR THE EARL.
The- Earl' :bt^AKer"rfeen 6 Whs something like 63,000 acres of 'land in Scotland •so uaturkily he'is quite unknown. s .to /many 'of his tenants. Not long ago, while in a !part of the diatrict with , which h> : was not familiar, he stopped beside a cottage f«nce to. ask his way of an old man at work in the garden, and ~ *?>?■& ~:;%;;#at goo^ sou •?•» Ay," was the response. V,"What is "your next crop 'tb be ?" was the next question Ili^^rork^ looked up impatieirtly, the^.;-said slowly and iiapressivoly, ''If ye ,,," Were to hire an allot ment, mO n, and cultivate it, ye-ti ' llot c - iriti apeh . iniT around ftn d wasting' -.other folk's time." Tbeoarl felt s.ubbod.
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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 23 October 1914, Page 2
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120A REBUKE FOR THE EARL. Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 23 October 1914, Page 2
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