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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 275, 29 December 1909, Page 2

An interesting steamer sale which lug been airnmneed is that of the Oroya, a vessel Hi if was running in the joint service of (he Orient and lloyal Mail Companies t» Australia until the agreement !'••! the two concerns expire!. The Oroya, which has been acquired bv foreign owners for about £12,000. was built at Barrow in 1880, her gross tonnage being G207 tons. Why is it right to quarrel about nothing? Because the less one quarrels about the tetter. Why is chicken pie like a gunsmith's shop? Because it contains fowl in pieces (fowling pieces). What is the difference between Burke's Peerage and the Bible? One is the book of Peers, and the other is the Peer of booke. Canada has over three thousand lawyers. 'How do we know that spirits walk the earth? Because we have all heard the "dead march." What useless occupation do women frequently engage in? Knitting their brows.

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