JEHU'S MOURNFUL MONOLOGUE IN LOW GEAR
"f«o' blimey, Bill, v ain't these airyplanes wunnerfu I? 'Oppin' acrorst the world quicker'n you an' me c'n swat a jimmy blowfly on the windy pane.
"Torkin' uv blowflies! Some o' them there \- ad-ver-tise-menta — "Keb, sir, keb? "Hang 'cm — pretty boys like Mm must 'aye autymobiles an' shuvvers to 'old the door — well, as I wuz asay in', so m • o' them ad-ver-tiae-ments 'as as much brains be'ind 'cm —
"Well, look what they done to that Kingsford Bmith bloke's name!
"They said' that the fads 'c alwiz 6tnoked wuz 'Sweet Dreams/ 'is suspenders wuz made by somebody else, the sorews . In 'is cork leg wuz made by thingummytight-'n« co, an' Ms benzine— "Gorbllmey, if they '&b all that trubbul to go fer a ride m these 'ere arryplanes, gimme a *nole nag, every time. , And the only growler In a southern oity lurched away from the ourbside, its oreaking wheels and the mutterings of its "kebble" merging into pleasant musio for the shades of yesterday.
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NZ Truth, Issue 1190, 20 September 1928, Page 9
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171JEHU'S MOURNFUL MONOLOGUE IN LOW GEAR NZ Truth, Issue 1190, 20 September 1928, Page 9
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