He was a publican in a country town, and owing to bis leaning towards the beer cask his girth was at one time enormous. But a severe attack of dropsy, and stringent doctor's orders, bad caused him to abandon the error of his ways, and after the lapse of a year he waa neatly as thin as a lathe. And it happened one day that an old friend of his, who had been abroad for two years, dropped in to see him. For a lew breathless moments he gazed at him speechless. Then, "Lot' luv a duck, Bill," be gasped, "what's up? Tney've—they've punctured you!"
WE GLEAN IT. Suits, Trousers, Uoats, anything and everything. EXPRESS TAILORS. George Street, Tuakau. Removal Notice. In consequence of the recent tire and pending the opening of new premises I have removed my business to the building formerly in the occupation of Mr Thomas, cabinet maker, adjoining the Pukekohe Post Office. I invite the public of Pukekohe to extend to me a continuation of their patronage. t. e.^kTnner, Plumber and Gas Fitter.
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 120, 13 December 1915, Page 1
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177Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 120, 13 December 1915, Page 1
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