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I .■■■■lll I ■111 .1.. – ■ ■-- – -■ HE KNEW BETTER. Obliging Politician (showing visitor through the Lobby of the Home): This, sir, is the cliamber in which the business of the country is really done. Tlie Doubting Thomas: Ah, I beg your pardon. You mean the chamber where the country is undone. (New Zealand Free Lance, 07 July 1900)
KHAKI GIRLS TO THE FIIOXT. It is stated that the Government has dented a plan to male setvice in lijie co,ps pnpnla,. The Defence Minister hm dropped us a quiet hint concerning the papulanzimj scheme. It is to call out the hhahi (jiils and utilize them as civandieie.s to (an;/ lefieshment and comfort to the troop*. (New Zealand Free Lance, 21 July 1900)
MR WILFORD'S LATEST PROPOSAL. My idea, sir, is that totalizator inspectors should be appointed to safeguard the interests of investors from a distance, to prevent money from being rung on a machine after a race is started, and to see that the total amount invested is registered before a race is started." (New Zealand Free Lance, 21 July 1900)
HEARD IX THE LADIES GALLERY. Mrs De Tomkyns : I hear that your son is a ijreat student, and spends most of his time over the midnight oil. Mn Blvftlkim- Jones : Not a word of truth in it. We 'ave Jielectric light hall over the 'ouse, and Half red 'as a 'ole chanticleer in 'is room ! (New Zealand Free Lance, 28 July 1900)