RANDOM SHOTS

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 194, 14 August 1920, Page 18

RANDOM SHOTS

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'I Some ivnle rain llimisrlit for needful rase, I Some write i • W-a-c tlit' country clash A"d raise a din; ■ 'write for fan. 1 I Krom 1...11.1.111 c.unes the interesting ' (li-cmc'i'v < r reminder thai llihernia is Ijdcr'ncl i'r, ,„ a I'! n':.-"::in word. me.Mp.ing ' i "th>. limit." I.n-t weeK li.c Has Company "regret■ j ;.-,l" il-ni ;i hud ! . ■.•iirluil pressure^ 1 . Next wc.-'k, pci'lmp-. :i will !-c "deso- ', lati'il" ,'it the thought i>f incmenicneinp i 4.4.4.4.4.4.4,4.4.4. J The |.i:-j'-.l ..!' Hi- Poles is nno'.licr l-a.l f advcrtir-cinci.', lor tlic artistic tempera j incut. ,' j ....;..j.4..j.4....4.4.4, j (" n ntcrluin"s .hicf claim m the pro |posed Sclumil ..I l-'urir-trv :- thai il has ' j,,, no f,,rc.-l:-. II reminds mc of (lie '' tin: ihe ancient K_>> p! I.i 11 - 1 wiic iici|iiainti'l with circles- telegraphy 1 liccaii.-e 11 . u're- h.ne been found among their reli '■- I ■H-H-M--K-++ An exchange say- of tin- ilc-pcralf h\ the luc.il.il...vn of the l ram way -cr , v'icc. that n liii-iui.-i. man. writ ing to a f ■.viml.-Milo Im.ii-.-. .-111:1- up Ihe position ,j !.v the follov, inj; !-i,..nic older: "< 'nc I tramway plain, iirgcni. Town dead. ' |\,». if" :i were An- kkind. 1 i-h.iul.l pill it t!.:.- wnv: 'T.ne lrauiw;<\ plant, dead. '! town urgent." 1 : I j *+-t"i~t"M~i*+4----,1 Ar.lil.i.-hop Mannix landed at IVnJzaiu'c i-r.i.-anlara: larantara:" 1. I'll vciitiirc a prophecy that Penzance will II remain lonnccie.l in the popular mind .1 willi Frederic ami Major-i.'.-nenil Sinnr| ley and li.c -ergcant of Police whin the \\ Archbishop In- been forgotten. Any ; way, .-.,■ slioui.l l.c grateful to tl-ic Arch- . hUh-op for a new doliiiition of democracy. ', His (irru-c tells us Unit he hclp.-il 'to • defeat con-c ripi ion and saved democratic Australia from military ilc.-pnt-ism." A democracy is a community th.it ; refuses to reinforce its army properly. , I 4..j.-j-4.^.j-.j—j.4-.j. ' If Mr. Massev will persist in remindI ing mc of "The Mikado," that, is his I fault, not mine. The spectacle of the .Minister of Mine- Mr. Mnsaeyl. eonsuiting with the Minister of Railways •!(Mr. Mousey 1 aliout the train grievance juf the Slate miners on the West Coast., !j recalls the opinion about burial alive that Ko-Ko got from Pooh -Haih, his ,i solicitor. Vum-Yum: Hut lie may he mi.'inkcn. ! Ko-Ko: So I tliollL'ht.* SO 1 consulted i the Attornov-t.'cnerai, th" Ixuil Chief j.lustiee. tin-Master of the Rolls, the Judge Ordinary, and the Lord Chancellor, ■ They're all of the same opinion. Never "knew such unanimity on a point of law '1 in my life! '! +h-M"f-£-J"M-+ That the State can he as mean as the '1 meanest employer is suggested by n -.case inentiuncil hv Ihe "l.vttelton ', Times."' A siqieranniiatetl teacher was '1 employed to do relieving work from I Monday to Friday, the ordinary school I I week. He received as payment, not a 1 ] week's Balnry, but r.-ST.oths of n yearly 'salary! This is really a beautiful example: almost as pood as that of the 'man who cut a plum in two to make 'up a pound, lie did a week's work, Msu lie should have received a week's ' pay, which, since teachers arc paid for -I iliolidays. me-vns seven <lays' pay. If • the Department was determined to pay ' him by the day, it. .should have ' reckoned the rate on the working Hays " of the school, which' are nr>t 36T> but " something; over '200. 1 -l«fc4"4"t"i"v-4-4"!----"You can only control prices," said ' his 'Honor in the Arbitration Court the other day. "by economy in spending les c . If people would only wear their clothes - and boobs for n much longer period than ' at present, prices would have to conic 1 down. (People could T.ot afTorc] to hold 1 poods at permanently high prices. Rut - while everybody is seeking to maintain 3 the same standard of living, prices will 3 not come down." These arc words of 3 wisdom, but they are small comfort to 1 the man who already wears his suits ! and boots to the bruit. Is he to go on , until his boots fall to pieces, and his - trousers have as little of the original " material as '11.M.s Victory? T do not I frequent places where judges congregate. 3: but from what I have seen of them 1 I have never observed that their (dothim? r was shabby. j The latest prohibition story concerns , .lames, one of those young rrrcn who are almost too pood to live. He doesn't smoke, and never—no, never—drinks. But, in spite of all, he recently cot ' rathvr run down in health, and bad to ' consult his medical man. who prescribed stout twice daily. '1 It was v sad blow to .lames, but he I I fared it bravely. Vet bis health did not '■improve, and on his second visit, th- 1 'doctor eyed him sternly. I"1 can't understand it," he said. "l!v the wnv. I suppose you are following the treatment I laid down for you." , I "Yes, doctor.'' replied James, meekly. , I "The stout V questioned the medical II man. "Arc you taking it twice a day?'' ;! "Yes. doctor,"' repeated .lames, with it J look of martyrdom on his face. "1 take , a teaspoonful night and morning."' ,| Yet, I have heard of prohibitionists • who loved trifle properly made. SARAH'S GOWN. ■ When Sarah's jrown is black and cold Her lovely eves arc bad and bold: She dirts her fan un.l smiles :it you. • Anil smokes a cigarette or two, , Wjen all in white, like hre.-ikinß wave, . She's Mrs' Grundy's faithful slave, I And yon would think. I'm positive. 1 That Sarah was too «ood to live . When earned iv crccti Sal's wont to he ■ I-"ii-!:!c and chanceful as Hie sea: i She leads you on and drives yon mad, , One moment fray next moment sad. I Rut vow I hear she's sot a jrown— ;' The '.-.test fashion—rttraljrht from town; ; It's black anil cold and jrreen and white, ; So what will she be like to-ni.cht? 1 — DOItOTTIY E. STKVEXSOX.