TELEPHONE VAGARIES.
Tne occasional vagaries of the telephone system, are familiar to subscribers, especially when a Wellington gale crosses the wires, says the " New Zealand Times." During a recent blow, a well known doctor residing iu the city was not a little surprised, on answering a ring, to be asked, " Can you cut me-off a nice leg of mutton ?" A playful impulse led him to respond nonchalantly, " Oh, I. think 1 can manage to cut off a log for you." There was a distinct haughtiness in the housewife's tones when she exclaimed, "What do you mean? Who is that speaking ?" She evidently thought tradespeople were becoming more indcpendant than ever. " Well," came the reply, " I am a ttirgcon, not a butcher."
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 19 March 1901, Page 3
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121TELEPHONE VAGARIES. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 19 March 1901, Page 3
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