When the telephone first came out, a certain KirksttU washerwoman, who was a deal sharper husband, made a bet with him could talk with him a mile away. Accordingly she sent him to a call-otKce at Morccambe. After they had been talking for some time a storm visited the neighbourhood, and the lightning, striking the wire, knocked the unfortuuate husband down. Pickiug himself up, he exclaimed : "That's our Betty, every inch of her 1"
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Waikato Argus, Volume III, Issue 161, 24 July 1897, Page 2
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74Untitled Waikato Argus, Volume III, Issue 161, 24 July 1897, Page 2
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