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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 129, 1 June 1901, Page 2 (Supplement)

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An English officer in Malta stopped i? riding to ask a native the way. He was answered by a shrug of the shoulders and a "No speak English." '•You are a fool, then," said the officer. Hut the man knew enough English to ask: "Do you understand Maltese?" "No. :> "Do you know Arabic?" "No."' "Do you know Italian?" "No." "Do you know Greek?'' S I "No." "Then you four fools. I only one. AN INTERRUPTION AT A CONCERT. The following incident occurred at an entertainment last winter. Oh the programme a certain gentleman was down to sing "The Miner's Dream of Home," and, to add a special effort to the song, he, knowing a friend, a fireman at the fire station abotit three minutes' walk from the r hall, ran out and borrowed his topboots. His turn on the programme came round, and he appeared on the . j stage in all the glory t,f a red blouse, slouch hat, and the aforementioned topboots. His rendering of the song was a terrific success up till the mid- I die of the second verse, when a com* <; motion was heard at the entrance hall. A hot and eager fireman forced j his way through the audience up to j the footlights, and bawled out at the \ top of his voice, "Bill, you've got to \ come out of them 'ere boots If you value your Ufa. I'm called to a tireT