A good story of the " Things one would rather have expressed differently " type is being whispered about Gloucester (says the London Daily News). Some " crank" had been writing to the local paper* complaining that during the Musical Festival he was not admitted to the Cathedral free, that being a place of worship. The " crank " turned up at the Cathedral the other day, and was told he could not be admitted without a ticket. " Do you mean to tell me," ho excitedly argued, " that I require a ticket to enter the Kingdom of Heaven ?" " "Well, no," exclaimed the polite steward ; " but you won't hear Madame Albani in heaven." And, then, when the enormity of hii remark dawned upon him, the steward turned and fled,
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Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 369, 19 November 1898, Page 1 (Supplement)
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