Kia Ora, Bob!

NZ Truth, Issue 1193, 11 October 1928, Page 6

Kia Ora, Bob!

iv.ia yia, uvju ; A COMMERCIAL traveller who is able to peddle wares — or, shall we, say, thirst-slak'ers? — that kre f favored by both "dry" and "wet" factions should •* sleep . contentedly o'nights. ... You say that "there ain't no such pussoh"! .Very well. Let . R. R. ("Bob") Paterson, representative of a well-known Hamilton firm, confront and confute you. After all, with shandy-gaff a popular tippie, why shouldn't a brewing concern manufacture its own soft drinks? ":• . -: "Bob" has been on; the road -for many blackberry 7 ..seasons and . has covered-, m his flivver all the byways, as well as the highways, of the Waikato terrain and-: rhinterland... : .: lie earned a first modest .crust m the Railway Department, but : at; that-time 'twas hard to espy the daylight ahead In the shape • of commercial methods m the railways, . so he lit out for a more congenial job.. At an early stage m his \ career, he must have succeeded m isolating: the elusive joy-germ, for to meet him once is to know him as one of the most genial knights of the road. Although there is no direct evidence available, it, is freely. suspected that he is one of those blithesome persons who trill sweetly m their morning bath! ■_: