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  2. Out of the Ordinary

    Sir Robert Home, M.P., the. exChancellor of the Exchequer, said recently at Edinburgh that the result of the recent change of Government was ...

    Article : 1,979 words
  3. Something Laughable

    It was during the impanelling of a jury the following colloquy occurred. "You are a property holder?" "Yes, your honour." ...

    Article : 57 words
  4. Advertising

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    Advertising : 82 words
  5. NO GOOD-AT THEM

    A liltle boy repeatedly arrived late at school. One day the head-master said to him "Next time you are late To like you to bring an excuse from your ...

    Article : 55 words
  6. PLAIN SPEAKING

    "I am so tired of the holidays." sighed a long-suffering parent; "the children and their friends have almost worn me out That supercillious boy ...

    Article : 141 words
  7. IN A DILEMMA'

    Mrs. Newly Rich had come to be photographed. "What am I to do?" she said to the camera man. "If I keep my gloves on ...

    Article : 50 words
  8. TO REMIND HIM

    The employer had almost given up hope of his new office boy, for he seemed to remember nothing. One day he advised the boy to make a note of ...

    Article : 74 words
  9. NOT COMPULSORY

    A haughty customer, entering a restaurant, was accosted by a waiter, with the inquiry, "Soup, sir? Soup, sir?" ...

    Article : 62 words
  10. CAIRNS RAILWAY

    "At the meeting of the Cairns Chamber of Commerce, the chairman drew attention" to the shortage of rolling stock on the northern railway system. ...

    Article : 305 words
  11. HIGHER UP

    A visitor inquired of his host's little son. "Do you go to school now?" "Yes sir." "And what do you learn£reading, writing, sum?" ...

    Article : 73 words
  12. QUITE PREPARED'

    The train, as usual, crawled along —you know the line—and then stopped dead. "Guard," shouted a jovial passenger, ...

    Article : 54 words
  13. WORTH MUCH MORE

    "Ma," exclaimed Teddy, "Mrs. Johnson said she would give me a penny if I told her what you said about her. "I never heard of such a thing," ...

    Article : 92 words
  14. THEY CLEANED IT

    Father's expensive gold watch had failed him. It would not go at all. "I can't think what's the matter." he complained. "Perhaps it needs ean ...

    Article : 64 words
  15. WHAT DID SHE MEAN?

    The moon cast its tender gleam upon the young and handsome couple who sat strangely far apart. He sighed. She sighed. Finally:— ...

    Article : 53 words
  16. NEVER MORE THAN TWELVE

    A tourist, passing through a country village, found that his watch had stopped. Seeing a little boy standing outside the village shop he approached ...

    Article : 82 words
  17. A MISPLACED REMARK

    "I'm afraid, my friend," said the lecturer, interrupting his address to point an accusing finger at a little man who was yawning in the front seat. ...

    Article : 65 words
  18. HIS WAY 'OF RETALIATING

    James had been naughty to the point of evoking a whipping from his longsuffering mother, and all day a desire for revenge rankled in his little bosom. ...

    Article : 95 words
  19. UNCHARTED SHOAL.

    The Deputy Director of Navigation (Captain N. G. Roskruge) advises the receipt of a message by radio from the captain of H.M.S. Fantome, reporting ...

    Article : 169 words
  20. ESCAPED

    A clerkyman united in holy matrimony two of his parishioners, a stalwart woman and a small meek man, not without Inward misgivings as to ...

    Article : 89 words
  21. RETURNING THE COMPLIMENT

    A witness was being examined in an assault case. Did you see this. man assaulted?" asked counsel, "No, but I heard him cry for help," ...

    Article : 107 words
  22. THE REAL REASON

    The railway passenger seemed agitated as the collector came round inspecting tickets. He was fumbling in his pockets ...

    Article : 75 words
  23. Advertising

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    Advertising : 120 words
  24. THEY DON'T SPEAK NOW

    Two business men, although outwardly enemies were not too well disposed to one another. Greeting on the train, one remarked to ...

    Article : 177 words
  25. CHIPS AND CHAFF.

    Wife (from above) "Ready in a minute!" Husband (a little later): "No hurry now dear! I've got to shave again!" ...

    Article : 557 words
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