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An incident, which was responsible for considerable langhtor occurred at the annual smoke concert of the -New Zealand Institute of rower and Marine Engineers *in Wellington. Air. A. Thompson, Into second engineer of the Tahiti, wno was seated alongside itjio chairman, was requested to propose the toast of “Absent Friends," which .ho did in his broad Scottish brogue. When he resumed his seat, the chairman, 'Mr. L*. Mackenzie ' said, amid laughter : “I wish to point ;out the national characteristic ol the Scot. Mr. Thompson hacl just drunk his toast with my glass of whisky. Lucky brooches, Felix. 1/-,- Mickey Mouse‘2/-, motor cyclist. 1/6, enamel •21- only at Stoneharn’s Jewellers, '•Gisborne. Post free on receipt of leash.'’'** ; A man lay down on a door-mat; Right on that mat lie died, So at the Coroner’s inquest They called it “matricide.” They erred; it was exposure; It gave that man a chill, But had ho taken One Nought One Ho might b G living, still. . BETTER THAN THRILLER. New supplies of “The Adventures of Ralph Rashleigli,” true story of the convict days of New South Wales absorbing .and ■ terrible reading. ‘Lashings, clubbings, murders, hanging and starvation by tlio dregs, of humanity. Price ■ 8/6 plus postage.— Eastwood’s Book Store and Rending Library. . ■ ■■

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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 11324, 30 September 1930, Page 5

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Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 Gisborne Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 11324, 30 September 1930, Page 5

Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 Gisborne Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 11324, 30 September 1930, Page 5