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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 24 July 1914, Page 2

She : "I am going to give you back our engagement ring. I can never marry you. I love another." I He : "Give me his name and address." She : "Do you want to kill him ?" He : "No ; I want to try and sell him the ring." Manager :"I can't do a thing with Smith, the new assistant. I've' had him in three departments, and he dozes all day long." Proprietor : "Put him at the pyjaraa counter, and fasten this card on him : ' Our night-clothes are of such superior quality that even the man who sells them cannot keep awake.' "