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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 298, 18 December 1941, Page 7

Unwanted Stockings Th? magic word "stockings” was flashed through a city store while a woman and her husband were doing a Lttle shopping in the men’s department. says the Christchurch Star-Sun. The wife was gone in a flash and was hack in a flash, with but one word on her lips, “stockings.” A wild rush Io the stocking counter ensued and with only two pairs left, the wife hesitated because they were of a rather unusual colour. The second’s hesitation produced a ehoru» from the back. “I’ll take them.” Thfc was too much for th? woman and she seized them with both hands. Once home, a postmortem examination was held on the colour, and after a great deal of cogitation. she sighed saying. “They ar? no good to me, but I will give them to mother for a Christmas present.”