Inspector (severely): “I understand that since you joined the force you lave neither made a single arrest nor issued a single summons’” Policeman complacently): “And now what do 1 jet? A pair of white gloves, ain’t U ’ Great Bravery. The drawing room hero was recount•ng a story to an attentive audience. 1 hey listened to him with bated breath. “I snail never forgot,” he, said, “how 1 felt when, all alone, 1 battled with the waves. Around n:e were the bits of wreckage. All was pitch black. 1 strove desperately to reach my goal while every now and tlicn I heard signals of passing ship—none knew I was there.” “Yes, yes—go o;C” spoke up one oi his aii LPnce excitedly. “And then,” he continued calmly. “I i-uddcjily got the station I wanted. ?Iv home-made wir-*'ess sot. was working. My bat tin with the ether waves was endcd. ’ *
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 244, 15 October 1932, Page 3 (Supplement)
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