HOBSON'S CHOICE.
<3amiuuj).«e has an inteiesting- iuon 3 mnent to Themas Hobspn, a peijebratr ed citizen. He won his title to the gratitude of his I'ellow.rcitizens by bringing-'.astvefim pf pnre water intp the pity at his own expense1.. The stream is still flowing-, though it isnofc now used for drinking- purposes, But his wider and more enduring fame was secured in another and a very curious way, ijis Avas the only jiyei|? stable in the place. If one wanted a horse lie urns line such an animal .as, Hobson provided, cv go without, aii(J, so the phrase '-'iiobson's choice" has passed into current use wherever oui? language is .spoken, though not one iij. a hundred wlio uses it has any idea when and where thp phrase orig'nftfc. cd.
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Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, Volume 1, Issue 29, 18 October 1901, Page 2
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128HOBSON'S CHOICE. Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, Volume 1, Issue 29, 18 October 1901, Page 2
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