PASSING THE TIME.
" And is there a train between tlio 5.40 and the 6.57 V asked the eccentric-looking woman of the booking-office clerk. " Yes. madam; three." "At how maay stations does the second one stop?" "Only one.'" said the mystified clerk; "but—" " Now, how many trains.leave between six and seven ?" " Excuse me, ma'am," said the worried clerk, who had been answering similar questions for nearly a quarter of an hour, " but you can't pos'sihly he catching all the trains you are asking about!" " I know that, my good man," answered (he questioner: " but, as I've got to wait for a train, I thought I'd just see if you railway men really do know your business. I sometimes doubt it!"
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19910, 31 March 1928, Page 5 (Supplement)
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119PASSING THE TIME. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19910, 31 March 1928, Page 5 (Supplement)
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