NOT GOOD ON THAT ROAD.
' A porter at a oertain station on th« Caledonian railway had been granted leav* of absence for the purpose of going to Edinburgh to be married. It addition ta his time, he was given the customary imturn railway pass. . During his -absence a new ticket collector had been put on, who, upon the porter'a return, demanded his ticket. The bridegroom, who had put both paw and marriage certificate into the same pocket, by mischance tendered the latter. The collector opened and gravely scanned the lines, then returned the paper with a slow bead-hake — y "Eh, eh, mon, it's a ticket for a yarn long ride, but no on the Caledonian Railway." '
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 8100, 27 August 1904, Page 3
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116NOT GOOD ON THAT ROAD. Star (Christchurch), Issue 8100, 27 August 1904, Page 3
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