A Glasgow merchant, famous in his way. came into his office one morning and found a young clerk writing a letter in rather a flourishing hand. “My man.” he observed, “dinna mak’ the tails o' yer g's and y's sae long. I want the ink tae last the quarter not.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 June 1940, Page 3
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50Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 June 1940, Page 3
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