Casting the Blame
"Why, It haven't been to church for fifteen years, and it's all on account of the cows," said a member of the Tc Awamutu Farmers' Union at the last meeting, amid laughter. "I haven't been there; for twenty years," said another member, "but I can't blame the cows," a remark that also caused some merriment.
Pay As You Can
'<1 think the Cairo tailors have the most unusual metliofl of charging that I've ever come across," said a New Zealand serviceman recently returned from the Middle East. They kept lists of the names and ranks of members of the forces to in some crops are expected to be quote to customers long lists of colonels, majors and captains who have patronised them. That is part of their sales technique, and the charge varies according to rank. For a pair of breechcs a colonel would have to pay 7.1k, a major 60s, and n captain oOs. "tt must have cost the brass-hats a fortune,'' remarked the serviceman.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 48, 11 February 1944, Page 3
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