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Greymouth Evening Star, 19 October 1939, Page 4

“Your son tips me more generously than you do, sir,” a taxi-cab driver said to a. wealthy gentleman. “That’s quite possible,” was the reply. “He has a rich father. I ha. ven’l." 'fraveller: “In Guatemala the driver who blows his horn the loudest has the right-of-way.” Historian: “In part of Europe this is called diplomacy.” Navy Officer: "You can follow your regular trade in the Navy.” Recruit: “But I used to be a cowboy.” Navy Officer: “So what? You can lie a cook and ride the range in the galley!” Moliere was once asked why it was that in some countries a king was judged to be fit to govern when he was fourteen, but was not allowed to marrj- until he was eighteen. “Because,” replied Moliere, “it is more difficult to look after a wife than a kingdom.”