One woman in Wanganui recently thought that she had discovered a new use for railway Iporters hy turning them into dog minders. yh© walked proudly up to a porter on the platform followed by a mongrel fox terrier “Would you mind Toby for an hour or so?” queried the woman. The porter, .always ready to oblige, looked round expecting to hud a small boy, but no Toby did he see. Where is Toby?” he queried and the woman pointed proudly clog. “Are you travelling, madam?” daid 1 xra.vei.mg, - ■ ~~~ . th ? “No ” she .replied, “but I ]ust wanted to leave Toby for an hour while I went to afternoon tea.” The porter informed her that had dm been a prospective passenger he would have taken Tobyin for an hour or so. “Oil,” said the woman, “I thought by paying I could leave him the same as luggage.’ Corns cripple. Conquer corns with Progandra; 1/6. —-Advt.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 30 December 1927, Page 9
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