A Masterton resident who spent the 'holiday in Wellington It ad a unique experimicp. Ho wn« travel liner in a crowded tramca.r from Miramar to the city. A numlmr of ladies and a. Chinaman were amon.fr Iho “ strap-hangers.” O vercome by his gallant feelings, he left his sent, thinking it would lx> occupied by one of the ladies. To his surprise ho found that the Chinaman had rushed into the breach with “ Thank welly muchee; Chinaman work welly hard.” The minors of the Maitland (X.S.W.) coalfields desire the abolition of the afternoon shift early in the now yoar._ The shift, which commences at 3 o’clock and ends at 11 p.m., is unpopular with the miners.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3017, 10 January 1912, Page 82
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