SANDY’S CORNER
Manpowered girls won’t return home, says a Wellington message. Apparently manpower is greater, or has more attractions, than mumpower. CARRIED. A certain member of the British House of Commons was bashfully paying court to a charming young lady. Before long he had completely won her heart, but found it impossible to muster up courage to ask for her hand. Deeply interested in his career, she became a listener to the deliberations of Parliament and soon found herself highly conversant with its lules of order. One day he presented her with some flowers, saying, “May I offer you my handful of flowers?” With great alaerhv she replied, “I move to amend by omitting all after the word ‘hand’.” Motion was carried
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 197, 21 August 1945, Page 4
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122SANDY’S CORNER Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 197, 21 August 1945, Page 4
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