A tramp knocked on the door of the country cottage and begged the cottager lo give him some food. “Why don't you get a job?" she asked him. "I'd like to. ma'am." said the tramp, .‘‘but there ain't any going.” “I heard to-day I hat Farmer Jones is in need of a right-hand man." she said. “Why not try there?" “H'm!" sniffed the tramp. “That's just my luck, lady— I’m left-handed." Pedestrians in America, who are luckless in crossing busy streets are known as “jay walkers.”- Those who do the same silly thing in London are more often described as "the deceased.” —"Punch."
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Greymouth Evening Star, 20 September 1938, Page 2
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