AN ASTONI-UING PIECE OF NEWS.
" Have you iiosu J ot ue now order ?'' " What new order?" eagerly asked (lie reporter, making a move for his pencil. k \\' r ! v\ th.it Government i , noi. going io i--ue the post, c.irds any 1. nL>er." " Is that so ?" said the reporter, very much interested, and this tune pulling out a great slab of soft paper and a stubby pencil. " That's a fact ; they will not be made any longer." Delighted that lie bad obtained some news before the other papers, the reporter asked in a whisper, " Where did you get your information ?" " Well, we haven't any official information yet, but we know it is so." " That will be a great hardship to the poor people," ventured the reporter. " I don't see how it will," replied the i official. " 1 suppose it was done because they do not pay ?" " I don't know." " No ; that wasn't the reason they decided not to make them any longer," spoke up another official. MYoll, what is the reason then?" asked the now desperate reporter. " Why, simply because they are long enough now. The Go\ eminent and the people are very well satisfied with the present length." The door closed with a bang, as the reporter hi id out.
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Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 36, 9 February 1884, Page 5
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210AN ASTONI-UING PIECE OF NEWS. Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 36, 9 February 1884, Page 5
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