Miss Shaw, the cobnial editor of the London Times, says she foresees the day when intercolonial shipping will be .scarcely less numerous than British ships tradieg to the colonies. Hostess—'' Oh, J think some people are so disagreeable. Don't you hate people who can sing and won't - ?" Grumpy Guest—" Not so much as I do those who can't sing and will." ■ Scientific men can tell us within a few million years the age of the earth, astronomers have weighed the sun, but the man isn't born yet who can tell why a tiilor will charge as much for a suit for a little man as a hi" " Got a job on yer, guv'nor ?" asked a sleepy-looking individual, a bit 'ulking." "I'm extremely sorry, my man," replied the employer of labor, " but I'm full up. You see, I engaged uG hands only the day before yesterday, and " » Take me ou too, guv'nor," pleaded the other, " the little bit of work as I shall do won't make much difference."
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Opunake Times, Volume I, Issue 42, 23 November 1894, Page 4
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