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Manawatu Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6519, 7 April 1931, Page 5

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We no longer hold the Morris Agency, but can assure you of our usual expert attention to your requirements. We have hundreds of pounds worth of spares, and can carry out repairs at shortest notice. OLD AND NEW CUSTOMERS WELCOMED. GARAGE: GEORGE STREET, PALMERSTON NORTH.

Visitor (to youngest boy): “Well, and what is your name, littlo man?” Small Boy: “Oh, I get anything around here. Sis calls me ‘Sweetheart,’ mother calls me ‘Sonny,’ dad calls me ‘Pal,’ but my maiden name is ‘James.’ When pulling a liankercliicf from his pocket a Scotsman dropped a set of false teeth on the floor. “Hullo, Donald,” said one of the onlookers, “not much .sign of the depression about you, carrying a spare set around.” “Na, na, they’re no mine,” said Donald. “They belong t’ the wife. I caught the wastefu’ wumman eatin’ between meals the ither day,”