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Putaruru Press, Volume IV, Issue 148, 2 September 1926, Page 5

Last week a counle of the spieling fraternity visited Morrinsville, and in j connection with their visit rather a good story is going the rounds about a certain farmer. It would seem that the farmer was in a billiard-room when one of the twain asked him if he would like a game. The farmer assented and won. Then another game was played with the same result. The stranger thereupon expressed his dissatisfaction of the result, and wanted to play a third game, offering to back himself for a pound. But the farmer smiled and told the challenger, “ Nothing doing- ; run away and pav the two bob for the table.” Then he left the room, and chuckling told his friends: “ I had a couple of' hundred up and did not have to pay for them.” But there were others who were not quite so wide awake. One resident got taken down for £7 10s at euchre, and report hath it that another victim was mulcted of £.30 in another game.—Morrinsville Star.