Passer-by (to owner of antiquated car): “Engine trouble?” Owner: “Well, I can’t tell until I walk back and find the engine. Benson: These are hard times. Why, I heard of a man the other day who couldn’t raise money even on Government bonds. Stenson: Indeed: What was the reason ? Benson: Well, you see —er —he didn’t have the bonds. The worried husband was trying to balance his budget. Presently his wife came across to him and presented a list of requirements. He seized it savagely. “More money!” he sighed. “This life is like a game of chess. Nothing but cheque, cheque, cheque.” "And,” she quietly put in, “if you don’t give me more money it will be more like a game of chess. It’ll be pawn, pawn, pawn!” Wife No. 1: “My husband doesn’t know what I go through when he snores.” Wife No. 2: “Yes my husband never misses his small change, either.”
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Greymouth Evening Star, 11 August 1936, Page 2
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154Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Greymouth Evening Star, 11 August 1936, Page 2
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