The Irishman was Right
A new story was told us the other day bearing on the exasperating delay in completing the New Parliament Buildings in Wellington. The Premier was one day passing the building while the work was going on. Meeting the caretaker. Bill asked him how soon the building would be finished. The caretaker, an Irishman, replied “About the first of Octember.” Bill facetiously replied, “You mean Septober.” “I meant what I said” insisted the caretaker, “Octemher.” “But there isn’t any such month,” declared Bill. “That’s why I made it Octemher,” said the caretaker.
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Progress, Volume XII, Issue 11, 1 July 1917, Page 1005
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95The Irishman was Right Progress, Volume XII, Issue 11, 1 July 1917, Page 1005
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