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Thursday, March 26,4.45 p.m. letters -only 8 p.m. for Australia States, Ceylon, India, China, Straits Settlement, Egypt, South Africa, Italy and Norfolk Island per Wanganella, from Auckland). Thursday, March 26, 8 p.m. Air-mail correspondence for Great Britain, Ireland and Europe, via Australia-Singa-pore-England air mail (duo London April 13), per Wanganella (from Auckland). Incoming Overseas Mails. (Arrival times approximate only.) March 26: Wanganella, from Sydney, via Auckland; Australian mail. March 30: Maunganui, from San Francisco; English and American mail. March 31: Tainui, from London; English mail. D, BLACK, Chief Postmaster. A CLOSE SHAVE. The fog was very thick, and the chief officer of the tramp steamer was pe*»ing over the side of the bridge. Suddenly, to his intense surprise, he saw a .man leaning over a rail, only a few yards away. “You confounded fool!" he roared. “Where the devil do you think your ship’s going! Don’t you know I’ve the right of way!’’ Out of the gloom came a sardonic voice:— “This ain’t no blinkin’ ship, guv’nor. This ’ere’s a light-’ousel ’’
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 71, 25 March 1936, Page 8
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