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Evening Post, Volume XLIV, Issue 11, 13 July 1892, Page 4

OTATERBURY CONUNDRUMS. An Aucklandor, who evidently throws off conundrums as readily as a Scotchman takes to porridge, or a duck to water, sends us five, two of which will probably figure in the final score submitted to the public for ballot. From "A.M.", Mount Eden, Auckland : " Why aro the watches manufactured by the Watorbury Watch Company liko tho number forty?" " Because thoy XL." " Why is tho best watch manufactured liko a funeral at sea?" " Because it's a Wator Bury." Good morrow, good sir, a goodly brace ; but, as tho monkey observed about his eyebrows, thoso remaining are a pair ! 7 4000 CASES \V us co. 4000 CASES WINES. ON hand and to arrive, over 4000 coses South Australian and Continental Winoß, as follows :—: — Claret, Port, Constantia; Greenach, Frontignac, Burgundy, Riesling, Tokay, Sherry, Hock, Muscadine, Muscat, Maderia, Chablis, Champagne, &o. HUME & SON, 63 and 65, Willis-street, Wellington.