FAR FROM EVERYTHING
There had been heavy rainstorms and the railway line was flooded and the trains stopped. The traveller was therefore obliged to break his and spend the night in a remote village. He made his way in the pouring rain to the inn and as he was being served with a meal remarked to the waiter: "It is like the Deluge!" "The what, sir?" "The Deluge. Surely you're read about the Great Flood t and Noah and the Ark and Mount Ararat?" "No, replied the waiter. "We've, been practically cut off 'ere for three days () and 'aven't 'ad no papers."
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 46, 6 February 1945, Page 3
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102FAR FROM EVERYTHING Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 46, 6 February 1945, Page 3
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