Tom Hood was once at a dinner party where there was ■ a pompous gentleman named Bead l .. Hood addressed him several time as Mr Beach, but at last the man said "Please don't call me Beach. I pronounce my name Be-ak." A little later Hood said in a voice that could be heard by everyone in the room: "Oh Mr Bc-ak. would you be so good as to rc-ak me a pe-tik. ’
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 April 1938, Page 3
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72Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 April 1938, Page 3
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