Melbourne *■ Punch ’ is. authority for the statement that Queensland’s first Governor, Sir George Bowen, leaves a curious record of the state of the Queensland exchequer when he was sworn in. “At the time of my swearing in the Colonial Treasury con*, tained 9d in copper, and no more, and that very night the building was broken into by burglars, who stole the 9d.’
“Mamma,’’asked the infant daughter of a member of the Opposition, “ Are Mr Seddon’b followers born wicked ; or do they grow wicked afterwards T “My love,” was the judicious reply, “ they are born wicked and grow worse.”
“ Sh!” exclaimed Tommy, listening at the door. “ There’s compauy in the drawing-room.’ 11 “ How do you know 1 ?” enquired Willie, “Mamma’s calling papa ‘ my love.’ ” Overheard at the Pharmacy : “ ’Ow much do you charge for pulling out a tooth Mr Hobbs'!” “One shilling—and five shillings with gas,” “ Five shillings with gas l: Then I’ll come again to-morrow when it’s daylight!”
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Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2072, 29 January 1898, Page 2
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159Untitled Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2072, 29 January 1898, Page 2
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