‘‘Come, come,” said a man to his friend, who had lost heavily on the Stock Exchange. ‘‘You mus’nt worry too much about ill-fortune. ‘‘Come to my office to-morrow and I’ll give you some pointers.” ‘‘lt’s not pointers I want, it’s retrievers,’ said the other dejectedly.
Mrs Nowgold objected to vulgar and common words, so when her friend allied her how she had enjoyed her holiday in Scotland, she said: —‘‘It was simply lovely. One day we had a splendid view of the surrounding country from the summit of—er—Benjamin Nevis.”
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Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7169, 17 March 1930, Page 9
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