At Melbourne the other day a foreign hawker named Abraham Hiison was alleged to have stolen a truck belonging to a Greek, whose name the constables —in order to get. over the difficulty of orthographyspelt as Steel Tack. Ho was acquitted. The Melbourne “ Evening Standards ” funny man wrote: “ He nailed a truck, Which belonged to Steel Tack, Hut hadn’t much luck, For the copper came up. And asked for it back. Abraham brought A libel action against the “Standard" for £99, but lost it. He who puts a bad construction upon a good act reveals his own wickedness of , heart. Willie—l wish I’d been Adam. Nurse— Why ? Willie—He never had to be a baby and havo a big, strapping, woman like you to wash his face. If You Have Built You’ll Seethe Point — “How are you getting on with your new house “T have had to tear it all down.” What wsis the matter “lb wasn’t built , the way my friends wantod it," 1
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Te Aroha News, Volume VIII, Issue 490, 19 July 1890, Page 6
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