A commercial traveller arrived i Napier the other day (says the Telegraph a case of dutiable gooods having precede mm. After securing the case, and getiin it put on an express cart, he wai accostei by the wharfinger, '-Heigh! what ai you doing with that case 1 There is 14s t pay on it." "Oh, that's all right, het 1 you are. And traveller and box wer on. Then the wharfinger remembere something, and sung out again; Heigh Iheres 3sGd wharfsge on that." Th money was paid, and again the cart drov off; but had not gone far before a com mission agent called out, " Heigh! whet we you taking that case 1 There's recei' nig and delivering, 5s Cd to pay on it, baid the traveller with a sigh, and payi i: Uwmoney," I suppose it's all right, bi while I ve my hand in my pocket ..dm anybody want any more! Do you war to build a quay or a wharf, or maybe yo want a breakwater; just say the wor before I go," And every body looke injured like, and the case and the tro veller departed in peace. 1
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 369, 21 January 1880, Page 2
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