The s.s, Kakanui arrived at Port Chalmers on Friday at 4 a.rn. Flies and Betas, beetles, irmocrs, roaches bed bugs, rats, mice, gophers, chip mui:ks, clewed out by “ hough on Eats.’ Kraipth'HT.o, Prosser and 00., Agents Ohrutchurch. 3 drnithers, jour., who can just manage to nip the end of Ids moustache with his finger and thumb, had been looking through a dictionary, and thought he would have some fun with the new chum groom who had engaged next door. He told his sisters and cousin Bessy to watch the joke through the window. Getting his cliin on the top of the fence ho began his torture with—" JFh a salubrious atmospheric concatenation to-day.” The groom suddenly stopped hie work and looked—a look which plainly asked, “What does he mean?” Young Smithers turned to the window, as much as to say “Thai’s splendid—the fun’s beginning.” Then he resumed his attack on his victim “Now my osculant assimilating worthy, your avocation is unpleasant to the olfactory ■” “ Hurroo Jye spalpeen, is it blackguarding me yo are in Latin ?•” and straightway the forkful of yard refuse Fat was about to send southerly was diverted northerly on to the head of. the delighted ISmithers, jour., who immediately, like our modern philosophers, struggled for more light.’’
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1543, 17 August 1886, Page 3
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210Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 Temuka Leader, Issue 1543, 17 August 1886, Page 3
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