An old lady was asked her opinion about Mrs Smith, her next-door neighbour. "Well," she an id, "1 am not I,lie one lo speak ill of anybody, but I. fee! very sorry l'or Mr Smith." An [rishman aboard a. man-of-war was ordered to lianu in a tow-line'. After pulling in forty or fifty fathoms ho mnttend Surely it's as long as to-dav and to-morrow! What e.ioro of it yet! Oe.h, murder! the sea's mighty deep, to be sure!" After continuing in a similar strain, lie .suddenly stopped short, and, the officer, exclaimed, " Had mnnneis lome, sir ; if 1 don't think somebody's cut off the other end uf ill It's missingi' r
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10299, 2 November 1911, Page 3
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