PUZZLED AMERICAN.
NEW ZEALAND EXPRESSIONS
In a letter to a friend in Masterton the news-editor of the “Evening WorldTelegram,” published in Omaha, Nebraska, United States, seeks enlightenment on terms in everyday use in New Zealand. One of the things he is anxious to learn something about is the game of cricket. Referring to a bundle of newspapers sent to him, he states; “From the number of ads. for help I think work must be more plentiful there than here. And the price on those second-hand autos. .1 thought they were high here. From your movie ads. I’d say most of your films were American. The announcement concerning the Independent Order of Oddfellows was of particular interest as I am a member. “That town of Dannevirke, is that a Danish town? There is a small town here founded by Danish settlers. “‘What is a four-bail cowshed? That gob me stumped. “Can you tell me something about this game of cricket, so a dumb bunny like myself can understand it?
Mention was made of a gorse fire—does this mean brush? Your locomotives are a. nice looking bunch of up-to-date power. “I’d certainly like to take an auto trip through some of that scenic country, but Lordy your highways are sure narrow—if you'd turn a bunch of wideeyed Yanks loose on them you d soon have to send out ’‘some trucks to pick up the lenders, bunjpers and spare parts they had knocked oil. “I’ve heard Boxing Day mentioned several times in letters and papers from America and England. Do you have it there, and what is it?”
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 194, 18 May 1938, Page 7
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