Of every thirty-seven American citizens, one is a criminal. The crime rate of that country is seven times that of England. An American had an invitation to shoot over a private estate. Addressing the old gamekeeper, he said: “Say, bo, do you know I’m one of the crack shots in the States. Tomorrow you will be loading for me, and for every bird I miss I’ll give you a shilling.” The following evening the old gamekeeper met an old friend, and told him of the American's boast. “And how did you get on?” asked the friend. “Oh, fine,” said the gamekeeper. “If I had had another blank cartridge I’d just have had a pound.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 January 1939, Page 8
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114Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 January 1939, Page 8
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