Customs officers, like all those who have dealings with the travelling public, need patience. The boarding inspector was examining passports and permits on the Manuka at Auckland on Monday night. A lady paused in front of him, fumbling for her permit with one hand and laying the other detainingly on the arm of her companion. This she seized as the propitious moment to ask the officer; "Why have we to gc through ail this?" The official contented himself with replying: ; 'I am afraid lam too
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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17400, 10 March 1922, Page 3
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89Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17400, 10 March 1922, Page 3
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