HOWLERS.
(Sent in by Enid Paris, 3a, Cromwell Road, Mount Eden.) A Black Maria is a negro's wife. A platelayer is a waiter at a.n hotel. The wife of a duck is a (lucky. A*, conservative is a kind of greenhouse. An octopus is a person who hopes for the best, A spiritualist is a man wlio works at a distillery. The embalmed body of an Egyptian is called a dummy.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 99, 29 April 1933, Page 2 (Supplement)
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71HOWLERS. Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 99, 29 April 1933, Page 2 (Supplement)
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