What It Hay Come To
A few days ago a countryman walked into the Bank of New Zealand in Dunedin and asked to Bee the manager. He wanted two hundred pounds for a few W months. "Yes," said the Bank official, .."and your security? What security have you to give?" " Security ;!" replied the countryman in a disguised tone. "What do you mean ? I'm one of John M'Kenzie's constituents." "Well even bo, that's Soot quite good enough security. We want something better than that. 11 "You do ; you want something better do you," snapped the farmer as he turned to leave* " I'll see what John M'Kenzie says about it. You'll hear more about this ;" and he left swearing he'd get Jock to settle that Bank official's hash. He - evidently thought it was a State Bank, and that the bullion had all been nationalised. — Standard '
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 163, 13 January 1896, Page 3
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143What It Hay Come To Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 163, 13 January 1896, Page 3
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