A contemporary says that in a household in Canterbury one of the servants asked her mistress for the l«an of the newspaper for a short time, as the cook's brother had been elected to Parliament, and she wished to see the returns of the election. We certainly can can tliab gtpry.. A domestic inquired of her mistneps pp the morning of December 6 if the master of the house was a 'Hansard' man, and, reoeiv. ing an affirmative reply, said : "that is i nice. He'll report my uuelo now."
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3721, 28 January 1891, Page 2
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89Untitled Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3721, 28 January 1891, Page 2
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