“You should never point, Johnnie,” said Mrs. Brown, as they letf the shop. “It is very rude." “But what are you to Jo, ma, when you don’t know the name of the thing 1 ?” “Why,” she returned, ‘let the assistan* show you everything in the shop until he comes to the right one." Corporal Stoggs (giving evidence); “I was on canteen duty at the time, sir, and I was in the row when the room began—T mean, sir, I was in the room when the row began—and I saw the accused, Private Woggs, deliberately strike Sergeant Snooks. But the sergeant was too smart for him, sir, he hit him first.” “You look fed up, old man.” “Yes, I’ve had a tiring day. That officeboy of mine came to'me with the old story about getting off for his grandmother’s funeral, so just to teach him a lesson I said I would accompany him.” “He took you to the cricket match. I suppose?” “No such luck! Ho told the truth for once. It really was his grandmother’s funeral!”
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2339, 8 January 1926, Page 4
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