The queue idea in Auckland grew but slowly, the sturdy democrat tardily realising that he had no right to push in front of a lady who had waited for half an hour (comments tlio "Star”). Queues are common at ferry offices booking offices of any kind and (of late) exceedingly frequent nt the withdrawal counters of Government and other banks. The occasional obtrusion of ponderous persons into the body, of these queues connotes ignorance of common, city usage and decency, and causes justifiable irritation. Solemn John Bull, who refused to Americanise himself for so long, lately posted outside the inquiry bureau of highly important Government offices in London, "Keep your temper. It is of more use to you than to us. and people no? *s<l sm'Js like
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 11, 7 October 1927, Page 6
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