NOT BUILT THAT WAY.
An English tourist one day last stuamswna travelling by rail in the north of Scotviand, and at one of the stations at which! the train stopped four farmers entered. They were all big, burly men, and completely filled up the seat on one ride of the- compartment. At the next station the door, opened to) admit a tall individual, with a girth something like a lamp-post. He endeayoured. to wedge himself- in between two of tha ! .f armersL hut, finding it a difficult operation, he said to one of them : ''Excuse me, sir, you must eit up a bit. Each eeat is intended to accommodate fiva persons, .■" and, according to Act of Parliament, you are only entitled to eighteen inches of space." "Aye, Aye! my friend," replied the farmer, "that's a' very quid for you}- that's been built that way, but ye canna' blame me if I ha'ena been construckifc according to Act o' Parliament."
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 8100, 27 August 1904, Page 3
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