A HAPPY EXAMPLE
W hen charged at a Loudon Court ro» lently with being drunk, James King, aged 37, said he had been out of work for two years, but had not been on the dole and was not in debt. The Magistrate: 44 How have yon managed to live!” Defendant: On mv pension of 8s a week.” The Magistrate: You ought to be fined 12s, but I will fine you only ss, because you are a good example of economical living ‘
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 151, 29 June 1931, Page 3
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82A HAPPY EXAMPLE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 151, 29 June 1931, Page 3
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