The Baboo English of India is usually commercial, but recently a Baboo lawyer ottered n fine example in the defence of a woman client. "My learned friend, with mere wind from a teapot, thinks to browbeat me from my legs," he asserted. "I only seek/’ he continued earnestly, “to place my bone of contention clearl3’ in your honor’s eye.” “fine old inn, sir,” commented the host. "Everything in this house has its story.” ‘*l don’t doubt,” remarked the grumpy tourist. "And is there any legend connected with this old piece of cheese?” JjtlVE HUNDRED POUNDS. ■£soo Life Insurance Policy given away with each Collins Diary for 1913. Send for a pocket size from Is to se, and be covered for .£SOO. 13 Stamps will get by return any of the following standard Books: "How to Talk Correctly,” "How to Get and Kcop a Good Memory,” "The Lightning Calculator,” “New Zealand Gardening." 24 Stamps for a Catechism of the Motor Car —300 questions answered. Tom Bracken’s Poems, including "Not Understood,” 18 stamps. Blackie’s Standard Dictionary of the English Language, being the world’s best value for IS stamps. Any Magazine or Newspaper posted to any address. Let us know your requirements. RICHARD BROWN AND SON. Willis and Manners streets, Wellington. . I
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8343, 1 February 1913, Page 10
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209Page 10 Advertisements Column 1 New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8343, 1 February 1913, Page 10
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