THE LOCALS
There are six men in a country town. They are called Simpson, Bates, Rogers, Jackson, Fry, and Williams, Their professions (but not respectively) are lawyer, banker, architect, surgeon, accountant, and dentist. The banker went to school with the surgeon. The lawyer says trade is good, but Simpson disagrees, though he thinks that if everyone followed his example and used only British goods it would improve matters. Bates, who lost both arms in the last war (1914-18), agrees that trade is bad. Jackson has been engaged to the lawyer's daughter until recently, when Williams came to town and cut him out. Fry and the architect are both 25 years old. The surgeon and the dentist have practised in the town for 20 years, and are often seen together driving in the surgeon's Alfa-Romeo. Fit names to the professions.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 33, 9 February 1940, Page 24
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139THE LOCALS New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 33, 9 February 1940, Page 24
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