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A TRAGEDY. Wee Wullie—“Whaur’s ma rubber collar, mither?” Mither—“Ye ken fine I washed it. It’s hinging up there.” Wullie (in distress) —“Washed it? And me had a’ ma sums done on the back o’ it!” —Cousin Jean McKenzie. A DESPERATE MEASURE. Reggie had been very rude to his father and had been sent to his bedroom as a punishment. A little later his mother went to see what the boy was doing, and found him writing. “Is that a letter for Daddy asking forgiveness?” she said. “If you must know,” replied Reggie, "I'm writing to the Archbishop of Canterbury to get a divorce from both of you.” —Cousin Elza Pierce. HIS OWN OPINION. “I- hear you got a job in the bank. I suppose it is because you knew the banker.” “No! It was because the banker didn’t know me.” —Cousin Elza Pierco,
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Southland Times, Issue 20831, 20 July 1929, Page 22
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