THE CULT OF THE CRADLE.
FAMILIES OF TWO
By a curious coincidence a successioif of witnesses called by tlie Drivers' Union at the Arbitration Court in Christchurch the other day answered a couple of vital questions put by Mr. Darcy, tlie union’s representative, m precisely similar terms. When the first witness faced the music lie gave his name .and occupation, and the examination proceeded: “Married?” —“Yes.” “Any laiinly? —“Yes; two.” The second witness happened along. “Married?”—“Yes.” “Any family?” —“Yes; two.” The third deponent came up smiling. “Married?” —“Yes.” “Any family?”—“Yes; two.” A fourth and a fifth individual caught the judge’s eye, and still the same refrain: “Married?”—“Yes.” “Any family?”—“l 7 es; two.” Matters were readily becoming monotonous. The sixth witness clambered into the box less jauntily than his fellows. “Married?”—“Yes.” “Any family?”—“Yes; one.” The admission was made hesitatingly, the father with the solitary olive branch being evidently reluctant to lower the cradle average of his honorable calling, but it saved the situation from tedious ness.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2379, 21 December 1908, Page 5
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