'Mr Chairman,' said a gentleman from the Emerald Isle at a recent politioal committee meeting, ' Are we not wasting tiaio ? Why not take the ballot by a show of hands.'
It is quite the thing for every candidate for the Bay of Islands seat to be asked ' whether he was ever in gaol.' Sam Webbe put that question to Mr J. 21. Dargayille, at Aratapu, and the roady-witted old political campaigner replied, ' Yes, I was, several times, in my capacity of magistrate for the purpose of examining lunatics, bat, strange to say, I have never met Mr Webbe there yet !' The reply sent the meeting into roars of laughter at Sam's expense, which lasted several minutes.
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Observer, Volume X, Issue 622, 29 November 1890, Page 9
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116Page 9 Advertisements Column 2 Observer, Volume X, Issue 622, 29 November 1890, Page 9
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