OVERHEARD IN RAILWAY CARRIAGE AT PALMERSTON. Hire C —"My Dear! I had such a lovelv Afternoon Tea at 'Dustin's' in The Scmare. It was worth going up town foi" Mr. C. (very cross): "You might have brought some for me; but, neveT mind, we'll both go to 'Dustin's' in Wanganni."—Advt. The crazo. for "Chantecler" ' hats, with their enormous quantities of feathers, was lamented at the annual meeting of tho Royal Society for the Protection of Birds by Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, M.P., who described it as a particularly '- regrettable setback; since otherwise the i outlook seemed fairlv hopeful. Tho vicar of Holy Trinity, Sloane Street, declared that there'was no more incongruous spectacle than women with plumes in a church, and ho had set up in tho porch of his church tho picture issued by the society giving tho story of tho aigrette in six sconos, and ho believed it was having somo effect. Motorists! We can save you 50 per cent. Wo successfully retread and repair worn tyres under our REMANUUACTUIUNG system. Expert advico and quotations givon. Cycle and Motor Supplies, Ltd., Farish Street, Wellington. Tho pantomime tn a provincial town has fallen very flat, and th« manager is ojrti'einoly anxious not tiv lose aai opportunity of infusing energy into his cast, c.y'.'i,,,). "l ( . n i,'| R0 , )n f or a niinuta, sir, I feel funny." Manager: "Funny! vii.ai iu'ji, mini! Cio on at once and make lhe most of it while it lasts." The v;oj'<U "Too I*ato" aro written acrow tho history of every national catastrophe.—Lord Boseberr.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 807, 3 May 1910, Page 5
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