MOTORMAN & THE APPLES.
SANK HIS "PRINCIPLES." .' The Wellington fruit merchants had ] such a difficulty in getting rid of ( the Willoelira's fruit that they have , taken over tlie portion oonsigned to j Dimedin as well as their own, and aro ] smiling at-tbo transaction. Tho banned 1 fruit has gone off so well that there 1 are only a few httn&ed cases left for sale until tlie Tahiti arrives on De- 1 cemboi" &. i Ono fruiterer who purchased a lot i of ruddy apples from tho distant s Wanatch.ee Valley, California, said that j one of his first customers was a tram- i way motornian, whom he knew pretty c woil, and who sided with tho strikers. ] This is how tho fruiterer told tho story: "Hullo, Bill, how aro you? What 1 aro you after?" I said. . i "fiivo us a pound of them 'rod \ apples," he said. __ . « "Them's 'scab , apples," I said. c "Are they—oh, well, srtve us a pound, f Tlioy look 'ealtli)' «uo«gli for we!" said i Dili; i
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1907, 15 November 1913, Page 6
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170MOTORMAN & THE APPLES. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1907, 15 November 1913, Page 6
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