COtfLDN’T HOLD IT The stationmaster, hearing a crash, ran out of liis room in time to see the express disasppoaring around the curve and a dishevelled young man sprawling amid several overturned milk cans'. “Was he trying to catch the train?” asked the stationmaster of a small boy who stood by. “Yeah, lie did catch it,” said the boy, ‘ ‘ but it got away a gain. ’ y EASILY REMEDIED Debtor (peevishly): “At first you wound up your letters asking for payment with ‘Kind regards,’ then it became ‘Regards,’ after that ’Yours faithfully,’ and now you only sign your name. ’ ’ Creditor. “That’s all right, old mail, i You just; send something on account, and we’ll start all over again.”
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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 308, 30 December 1939, Page 12
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117Page 12 Advertisements Column 3 Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 308, 30 December 1939, Page 12
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