HAPPY MOMENTS
“Why ware you kept in at school:” asked his father. “’Cos I didn’t know where the Nile was.” “Well, in future just remember where you put things.” “I say, can I marry your daughter?” “You—you—marry my daughter If’ What! Ar > you'mad?” “Now, e nne, you mustn’t talk like that. You're prejudiced against the girl. She’s all right, really.” One Sunday morning the vicar, addressing his congregation, said: “Tile funds of the church are very low.. .We have tried hard to raise money in the usual way. We have tried honestly. Now we’ll see what a bazaar can do. Caller: Look here, f want to sec you about this paragraph announcing my resignation from the Chamber of Commerce. Editor: But it’s quite true, isn’t it? Caller: Quite; but I should like you to explain why you’ve printed it under “Public Improvements.” “Qh. thank a lady to a navvy who likd'tjiv.en her his seat in a crowded tram; “thank you, very much.”. /. ' “That’s oil right, mum,” replied the navvy. “Wot I ses is. a -gentleman never ort to let a woman stand. Some gentlemen never gets up unless .she s ’andsome; but, you see muni, f don’t take no notice o’ looks.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 May 1931, Page 3
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202HAPPY MOMENTS Hokitika Guardian, 18 May 1931, Page 3
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