MICHAEL MURPHY
AND THE KNIGHT. Despite the fact that he was obviously weak from Ms illness, Mr A. W. Hiogg, M.i'., succeeded in cracking more than, one joke at his meeting in Mastexton last nigh*. Possibly tlhe best of all was that in which,he asked, after.yefenrtaig to his action over tQite State Niote Issue, why he lvadi miit been created a knnght. (Laughter.) "'Possibly," he said, "I aan not seeking it. But this reminds me of am. incident thiat happened in New York." Then he told of how a weJl-knowm. English, aristocrat met an Irishman in New York. Tlhe Lishman asked for a match, wias given Mm. And then the ""aristocrat remarked upon the strangeness of the country and the people, adding:— "Yoai don't know who I am. I'm Sir Charles Duff, Rnighrt of the Girand Grogs', Knigihit of the Garter, Kmighifc of thte Two Eaigues, Knight of the Golden Eleeee? Who may you be?" Tlhe reply promptly came, "Michael Mur-pdiK-l To-nagM, last night, the night before last, to-morrow night, every night Mdohael Murphy!" (Roars of laughter).
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10477, 14 November 1911, Page 4
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