Two men. one considerably smaller than the other, were crossing the street lo enter a public house, when a youth on a bicycle flashed past them, operating a "buzzerr" on the front wheel which emitted a particularly sharp, raucous wail. The smaller of the men gave a nervous jump, and his friend said: "Goodness, what a state you're in —- fancy jumping like that for a bike?" “Bike?" retorted the little man. “I wasn't afraid of no bicycle. I thought I heard my missus calling me!"
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 January 1940, Page 6
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