THE PASSING SHOW.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 199, 23 August 1930, Page 8

THE PASSING SHOW.

(By THE MAN ABOUT .TOWN.)

THE NEW ORD@R. i There was a time when Queen Street,,so the folks .forgatbeied to pass WlerWn 1 e m co»M <1 °a y i ooS's little bit of sboppine Ana Sjosfl'tw?S»t clammy brow and castinettias knees. They even say that" in that day a shop assistant Not/meroly: one word out of six, but every single Tha by the use of sighs and agitated , Washed upon as quite outre. One whispered, so to speak. That the folk who waited for their 'trams* were And C dicf#of flg!t ni lik d e tiger cats to get a seat In fact 1 it' makes one wonder in a harassed sort How°the Queen Street- Of -to-morrow will,compare ■with ours to-day. - —-A.Etl" '

Dear M.A.T., —You told us about the little lad who'found a golden; sovereign on .the beach and of the gentleman who offered: him sixpence ■ ■■'-"(.■ • for it. I know another; A GOOD CROP. In an up country school . ' - once upon a time a school teacher -thought of a simple way of raising some money for' a small improvement. He announced that he would buy bottles collected by the children. A gentleman with commercial instincts fully developed heard of this and with a vehicle scoured, combed and raked the country for bottles in order that when the little people went bottle reaping the harvest would be small. What cheers me is that/the gentleman, having gathered his bottles, took them to the schoolmaster saying he heard the master was buying bottles. "From'children only! stated the master, and looked.-at the gentleman with a glassy eye. As a matter of .fact, despite : the cut-throat competition between -adult ■ and school children the kiddies raised over thirty pounds. It occurred to, me that the people-of the district must, drink a lot of —sauce.—Biz.