ON STRIKE!
;KTBE::^HpWMEN'DISGUSi;£i>. About a score• ■of from va, t ■: ious parts of the Db;nuhioh;rwKbyarriv - ed in Mastertoii yesterday with" tl»t>nfat man and lean woman, their weight* i lifters and muscle-testers, freaks of nature, and natures of freaks, have,, gone deliberately and positively ..oil'' strike. V They were intending to pitch tlieir tents and ply;their calling, .011 a portion of the; showgrounds which; the, Committee had preserved; for visitors. Tlie Committee relegated them to a, convenient spot the grand,. ! stand.-This location did not Suit them. I They 'feijt.that their dignity was insulted, and so they resolved as ; hiie would, go on strike', Circulars were £p the effeci; that the sixty best showmen that the/world [ could produce would not be found >m the Masterton showgrounds to-day. (And so'the public'•'•must- bear the dji I appointment with all jthe quaninrity I it can| whilst the officials will feerthat; they are ruined, absolutely ruined and undone! A show without a fat mannever! '■"' ft
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10164, 14 February 1911, Page 5
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159ON STRIKE! Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10164, 14 February 1911, Page 5
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