Moonlight, Candlelight, Comet Terrace, Mud Gully, and No Town are a few suggestive names attached to districts and towns in Westland. “ Buy a trunk, Pat,” said a dealer. “ And what for should I buy a trunk!” rejoined Pat. “To put yoUr clothes in,” was the reply. ‘‘And go naked!” exclaimed Pat, “Not a bit iv it,” It has been ascertained, after patient in vestigation, that a courtship averages three tons of coal each. A man passing through a gate in the dark ran against a post. “I wish that post was in the lower regions,” was his angry remark. “ Better wish it was somewhere else,” said a bystander ; “ you might run against it again.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 1, Issue 102, 20 May 1880, Page 3
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114Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Ashburton Guardian, Volume 1, Issue 102, 20 May 1880, Page 3
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