THE GIRL WHO PUT THE “Q” IN QUEEN STREET
Young ® men muttered and. shifted from, one foot to the C other. ... Young women 5K said ‘‘Oh, dash!" or “Oh, * >K help!" ..Elderly women just * stood still —thinking things. For some unknown reason Hi a slot telephone box in Queen Hi Street had become a centre of interest. Passersby stopped Hi to ascertain the trouble, and 'Ask then hurried on to catch (£ their trams. * Homeward crowds were jost- * ling along the pavement as though every moment meant * money. Still the little queue * Hi outside the telephone box Hr. waited. rK The proceedings were bright- * ened by a youth who began to Hi whistle “Bye-bye Blackbird." His now thoroughly-annoyed y- companion, who was closest ;.u \ L to the telephone-box door, exe- -- cutcd a step or two of the Charleston in an effort to relieve her feelings. Inside the box Miss Auck- * land, 1927, was carefully sK powdering her nose and patt- Hi rK ing her shingle into place. Hi Hi Occasionally she chirped a 5K 5K reply into the telephone resg receiver. Hi 7i-: Hr. Hr. Hr Hi Hi Hi Hi rK Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hr. Hi Hr
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 4, 26 March 1927, Page 8
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198THE GIRL WHO PUT THE “Q” IN QUEEN STREET Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 4, 26 March 1927, Page 8
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