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' Pa, what is a guillotine?' ' It's an instrument bearing some resemblance to a shirt collar that has been three or four times to the laundry, Tommy, but it is much quicker and more merciful in its operation.'
' No, sir ; I respond only to the appeals of the deserving poor.' 'Who are the deserving poor?' 'Those who never ask for assistance.'
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New Zealand Tablet, 27 August 1908, Page 38
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63ODDS AND ENDS New Zealand Tablet, 27 August 1908, Page 38
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