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Motueka Star, Volume IV, Issue 154, 10 February 1903, Page 4

Little Willie was asked at school to write an essay on girls. This is what he wrote : —“Girls is feminine gender, and they wear frocks. Girls sometimes have n’ce white teeth, and then they alius giggles so as to show them. They is awfully fond of *grown-up fellers, and can. tell when their chins is l ough in the dark: Some girls is funny. They will ’oiler and jump on a chair when they see a mouse ; but when they gives a little feller like me a hiding they is awfully strong. Girls likes fishing, but not putting worms on hooks.” Dr "Findlay’s expenses in the recent election contest for Wellington city were XI 65 11s sd. Lord Charles Beresford declares that he is regarded as a mustard plaster on the back of autnordty in the House of Commons. Mr Arthur Roberts has been making inquiries in London of a ’busman as to his hours, and tells the result in his contiibution to the Pelican’s admirable S3 T mposium: “1 cpmes on dooty at six in the mawnin,” answers Jehu ; “I gets my ’osses, and out I goes with my bus.’ I has ’alf an hour for ray dinner ; then I goes on till ’alf past twelve at night. Then I takes my ’bus back to the yard, ’ands my ’osses over to the yard man, makes my way to my little hit of ’ome ; and* then I ’as the rest of the day to myself.” SPRAINS are often more serious than broken bones on account of not being properly treated Apply Chamberlain’s Pain Balm freely as soon as the injury is received and it will quickly restore the parts to a healthy condition A, Manoy sells it.