In a country town in Queensland a tough character refused to move away from tho canvas tent of AVirtli Bros. show. Ho was told one of the big elephants might kick him. He said: “If yer talk to me like that, or one of the elephants kicks me, I’ll wipe out the whole of AA’irth’s show.” Tho big man that drives tho pegs in tho ground for the tent took his big wooden mallet to where tlio impression showed in the canvas. Swinging the mallet round two or three times he let drive at the part of the shadow immediately under the coat tails. The rough shot about 12ft through the air, and after alighting started to run up the street. He told a man ho mot that “he thought tho elephant must have kicked him.” It was a great laugh for all except the tough njan.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2282, 29 August 1908, Page 3
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147Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2282, 29 August 1908, Page 3
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