The Truth, the whole Truth. . - A judge was having tea with some friends who had recently been married. “Have you tried one of my cakes?” asked the young wife. “No,” replied the judge, “but I dare say they deserve it.” The wife of a telegraph clerk had been “going on” at her busband for a very long time The latter never said a word. “Well, what have you got to say for yourself?” she inquired, exasperated at his silence. After a moment's reflection, the husband replied: “I was thinking, my dear, that if you had wired all that the telegram would have cost you £l5 19/3.”
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXI, Issue 159, 20 June 1931, Page 4 (Supplement)
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106Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXI, Issue 159, 20 June 1931, Page 4 (Supplement)
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