WORDY WAR

NZ Truth, Issue 1205, 3 January 1929, Page 6

WORDY WAR

— — -*- — Trduile Among pig-farms (From "N:Z. Truth's" Auckland Rep.) Shillelaghs were brought into action, and all other appurtenances of a real Donnybrook were m evidence, "when Patrick. Fitzpatrick and his wife Elizabeth waged a wordy war with the neighbors • down among the pig farms m Avondale. ACCORDING to the evidence of one -'■of the neighbors, the Fitzpatrick family made good use of a very extensive vocabulary, and "used every word that was ever invented." But Patrick, the head? of the household, maintained that the trouble nad been brewing for some time, and arose through the neighbors being jealous of his pig ranch and the success his sons had made of it. • Things became so bad one night that the police were asked to visit the neighborhood to hear the Fitzpatricks' flow of language, and two policemen :illlltl!MIUHMHIIIIllllHIIHHIIIMIHIIUHMHIllUlini|UHIIIHIUUIIIItUllllllllllltlHMIIIIIHllllllllllllIIIIII. itllllllHlllllllillHlllUlllllUlllllllllllHlltlllllllllllllllllllllllllllltHlllUHlllHlMlllHHllltllinillitlllilUlllUl