The hard times have not taken that treasured quality, a sense of humour from the proprietor of one business in Temuku, in fact, (says the Timaru Post) they seem to have brightened it. A visitor in the town went into the shop to make a small purchase f pn his way to catc ha train. As the article was handed over to him he caught sight of a clock oh a shelf which indicated that the time was half an hour later than he thought it was. “Good heavens,” he said (or words to that effect). . “ Ishall miss rny train.” The storekeeper, however, reassured him. “I place it there as my business motto,” said the proprietor. “My motto is “No tick.”
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Franklin Times, Volume 10, Issue 798, 12 January 1923, Page 7
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