POLITENESS.
There is a story concerning a tourist travelling in France, who remarked to a native of that country: " What's the good of all this politeuess of yours ? It doesn't mean anything. It is only the wind," And tno native replied: " Maybe. There's nothing but wind in a pneumatic tyre— though it gets you over tljte lough jars and jolts of the road more comfortably."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20426, 30 November 1929, Page 6 (Supplement)
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65POLITENESS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20426, 30 November 1929, Page 6 (Supplement)
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