THOUSANDS ON STRIKE.
Jenkins was in a humorous mood the other evening when he returned home from the city, but there can bo no excuse whatever for the villainous wheeze which he perpetrated upon his longsuffering spouse, and it is not surprising that she spoke to him no more that night. . a
"I have some astonishing news for you, Maria," he said. "In addition to the fear of war, England is on the eve of a great strike in which thousands upon thousands of hands will be involved." '
"What a dreadful thing 1" ejaculated his unsuspecting victim. ''When i' it to take place?"
"This very night, my dear," answered Jenkins, gravely. "At midnight thousands of dock-hands will point zc. the hour, and it will strike twelve."
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Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XXIX, Issue 3998, 25 November 1918, Page 4
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126THOUSANDS ON STRIKE. Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XXIX, Issue 3998, 25 November 1918, Page 4
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