THE PASSING SHOW.
(By THE MAN ABOUT TOWN.)
The family was shifting camp from a far suburb to a farther hinterland, and as the last roll of linoleum was thrust into a crevice at the back of the. lorry OVARIAN mother asked, "Where's EFFORT. Biddy?" Biddy is the family's only duckalmost a pensioner, who hae been permitted the run of the whole place and every worm she could find. So the family desisted from balancing the load and retired to the back premises to search for Biddy. They found her sitting piously on iifty-thrce eggs, an accumulation that seemed hardly the unaccompanied toil of a single (or evan married) duck. The phenomenon appealed to a neighbour who was aiding the family in its search, •bid then the dear old joke far, far lees fresh than any of Biddy's egg*. "Pity there isn't an election on." Ami the sharp reply of a local politician. "No, but there will be—you ought to keep 'em for a year or two longer.'
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 153, 30 June 1934, Page 8
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168THE PASSING SHOW. Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 153, 30 June 1934, Page 8
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