A coster, pushing a handcart of shrimps, was confronted by a pompous member of Parliament in his car and roughly ordered to get out of the way. '“Get out of the road yourself,” returned the coster. “You don’t know who I am, evidently,” said the other. “I have M.P. at the end of my name!” “So has every shrimp in this ’ere barrer of mine,” was the retort.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 November 1938, Page 9
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68Page 9 Advertisements Column 1 Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 November 1938, Page 9
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