THE PASSING SHOW.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 117, 20 May 1933, Page 8

THE PASSING SHOW.

(By THE MAN ABOUT TOWN.) A reader writes: An auctioneer in a provincial town, noticing a tall and immaculatc'.ydrcssed- stranger enter liis mart, asked him ■ " ■ rather .diffidently if he i COMFORT FOR wanted'anything. "Want CANARY. . 'anything? Of course I want something. What do you think I'm here for? I want a; linoleum square for my canary's cage." Realising that •the visitor was a stranger to New. Zealand, the auctioneer, whilst regretting his inability to supply a canary square from stock, suggested to the visitor that he should try a "want ad" in the columns of the "Auckland Star."

Thcvsyizards of that miraculous organisation the' Post Office have* been known to deliver letters bearing cryptic addresses, • written by foreigners "NOT KNOWN." suffering from senile ;r i: . decay and other complaints, to the correct address. But this is the story of Red Mac. Mac was writing to a friend, and forgot the address. By association of addressed it to "A.B. (etc.,)" Explorers' Road, off Dominion Road, Auckland. .The miraculous organisation, perhaps having too many cryptic addresses to decipher that day, .returned .the letter to sender with "Address not known," "Gone away," and so forth. "They micht ha' kenned;" said Red Mac,, "that I meant 'Shaekleton Road.' "