A cattle dealer went into a post office and handed in a telegram with a clearly written address, followed only by eight strokes. The puzzled clerk inquired whether the strokes meant figures. "Call ’em what you like,” said the man, "so long as they come out the same at the other end. My missus can’t read or write, but she can count, and when that telegram reaches her she’ll know t to expect me home at 8 o’clock.”
Though January is usually a very dry mon th, a fair .amount of rain has already fallen, 1.72 inches having been gauged at the Lands Department’s office, Kerepeehi, to date. Of that amount .94in was recorded on January 13, and .52in on January 12.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4368, 20 January 1922, Page 2
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