THE PASSING SHOW.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 242, 12 October 1929, Page 8

THE PASSING SHOW.

(By THE MAN ABOUT TOWN.) S.O.S. A sailor has no EZ timq - When on the DP sails. It's RD finds aloft to climb, Exposed to 1C gales: And then in KC makes a slip, Or if he DZ grows, • A tumble off the RD sshis Is the last JS T D knows. 'And overboard for AD cries, With NRG and vim, And though of little UC tries, A vain SA to swim: And when no LP finds is near, Nor XE one to save,' He then in an XS of fear Must CK watery' grave. The old bibliophile pottered about in the bookshop and came to a pile of ■ books.; "And what are these 1" he asked the assistant. The latter replied, "Higher HIGHER THOUGHT, thought." "Ha!" said the old man. "What is higher thought? Whose thought? Where do they come'from?" The assistant murmured something. "How much is this book?" asked the old gentleman, nicking the front leaf and observing the marked price. "That will be two-and-sixpence, sir." "Ah, thank you/' said the old gentleman, moving towards the door. The assistant ran after him. "Oh, I beg your pardon, I made a mistake. The price is ninepence." The old gentleman handed over ninepence. "Now I know where higher thought comes from," he said. Dear* M.A.T., —Someone stretched your limb! Singaporeans will be interested to learn that henceforth the family elephant must Wear a tail light; Elephants LIGHTS OUT! are not used as draught animals in any one of the three small territories known as the Straits Settlements. As a matter of fact an elephant in the cities of Singapore or Penang is about as common a sight as it is in Auckland.- The bullock and buffalo are the most-Used draught animals throughout the F.M.S. —Tuan Aliyer.