HALF CUT RATES.
“Afternoon, guv’nor!” said the tramp to a householder. “Got a little job I could do for a few pence?” The householder looked thoughtful. "Yes,” he replied. “Cut the lawn in front here, and I’ll give you a shilling.” The tramp set about the task, but after he had cut half the lawn he became tired and, pushing aside the lawn mower, went and asked the householder for his money. The latter gave him sixpence. “ ’Ere, guv’nor,” said the tramp, looking at the sixpence, “ ’arf a mo’.” “That’s right—half a mow, half pay,” shot back the householder.
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 53, Issue 3808, 14 September 1936, Page 2
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99HALF CUT RATES. Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 53, Issue 3808, 14 September 1936, Page 2
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