Practical Economy.
An Auckland pager relates the following story of an , honourable, member of the Legislative Cpuncjl;-^-" He went the other day 5 ttr'tfig 3 Auckland railway station, .as,.h&, wanted Jto send'twimaHtpai:-'' eel to a friend : m the, country. He onquired the price of its^ carriage, and on being told nincpence. he stood -laghast and mused for a; while, , w;h&a f a happy thought carne to him. ; The 'train ..being about to etart, he., entered itpparcei- inT hand, and carried,. it to itSjdeßtidation^ Haylug partaken of some re.fr : e§hmenjta^ at his friend's .house,, AucHlandby the down tratri/"f ree!o?ex-r penso, by- virtue of his niember^ patss?" Such a man deserves 200 guiueas a,^ear for life, and cheap, travelling, if any man m New Zealand does."
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 182, 30 June 1884, Page 2
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124Practical Economy. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 182, 30 June 1884, Page 2
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