POSTSCRIPTS

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 101, 2 May 1933, Page 6

POSTSCRIPTS

Chronicle and Comment

BY PERCY FLACE

Definition of income: Something we can't live within or without. * '♦-.*' It is difficult to avoid tho conclusion that the lower national currencies fall the higher tariff .walis will have te riae. « » ♦ It is cabled that only the-National* ists, the Army, and the President can' now prevent the Nazis from controlling Germany. Well, that, should vbe enough, all being in earnest. . • . y . *'» • • NO "BEPS."' ' Have you noticed there are no reds amongst the Labour nominations for the City Council? Apparently they ara pinning their faith to a Black and Brindle this time. "WIIAFFOR." •' • • AIR-MINDEDNEBS. 'lit order to overcome nervousness i» addressing public meetings, a speaker over the air the other night advised his listeners to "visualise invisible audiences." This is what most lpcal can* didates have been doing at their meet* ings for days past. . O.K. ■ ■ ■• ~ • '■ q.e.d: Dear Flage, — When a tramp steamer puts to sea with enough tucker, etc., for the journey she is said to be well found., Our tramp'ers (such trampcrs) are anxious to let us know that they were not found. Surely this is obvious when they had been without real food for four days. MELVILLE. *~.■..■.* . • ' STILL, BETTER LATE TITAN . :NEVEK. r . "Amos-'n'-Andy" thinks that th« Prime .Minister's recent remarks «on* cerning the imperative need, for improving the quality of our wool and dairy produce is somewhat reminiscent of locking the stable door after th« horse has been stolen., • • • FASCINATING FIGURES. This noto is published primarily i» the interest of those who are numerologists or people who have a passion, for' big figures. The department re; sponsible estimates that , America's brewing industry might be expected to consume annually. 2,000,000,000 pounds of malt, 167,000,000 pound* of rice, .650,000,000 pounds of corn and corn products, 41,000,000 pounds of hops. 115,000,000 pounds "of , sugar, , an* 204,000,000 pounds of grits, .wheat, bran, and barley. ♦ , »- • ' " •; FASTING. s " So G&ndhi has given the world notice of another fasting period. That's thoughtful of him. . Fasting is more important than feasting among- the Hindus and' Mohammedans. The Eastern Church holds 220 fast days every; year. The early Christian Church con* formed to 200 such days. Fasting, however, docs' nos necessarily mean going 'without food altogether, though Gandhi abstains.from all food. One man's fast may prove to-be-.another:man's feast. The ancient Greeks did nobly «» a diet of barley bread and cheese, iish, fruit, and'vegetables. ''Borne rose to greatness on gruel s beans, onions, and garlic. Seneca predicted'her fall in tha smoke that rose from gourmands' kit' efiens,1 which sometimes caused the night watchman to send in a fire alarm. • • • • , ADIOS, CEEBO! So General Bon Luis Sanchez Cerro. Peru's President, has been translated by assassin bullets. This, the' third attempt on hi* person, proved unlucky, but Cerro rather called ~ tenders for trouble. He was not the sort of rulnr the, New Zealand Legion would have choson for the job of governing Peru. He supported a.Peruvian, a, big rubber plantation owner, in. that' brigand's claim to large tracts of jungle- land on, Colombian laud, formerly Peruvian, but transferred by treaty,to Colombia two years ago. His demand for large sums as compensation were, refused, hence tha rupture between the two States with Leticia as the focus point. When the trouble developed Cerro muzzled thenewspapers so effectively that tho Peruvians remained in blissful ignorance *of the U.S. Notes to Cerro. Another of the late President's "breaks" wafc, to connive at an issue of bonds giving *> glowing account of the financial condition of Peru when actually that some-' what distressful country had not balanced its .Budget for years and had defaulted on previous loans. It was reported in Washington .that Cerro junior received h "commission" of 400,000 dollars to put tho deal acrosa * .■• :■:.■■«■ ' ■' -: # PRO PATRIA. If you were franklin Roosevelt, Amid the loves and hates And doubts and debts of nations, - You'd cater for the States. If you were Monsieur Herriot,' You'd grasp at every chance, In Conference or Council, ' ~ To win the game for France. If you were Mussolini, Italia your home, In war or peace or parley, You'd stand or fall for Rome, * ', But if you were Mac Donald, ? And wished a thing or two, 'By way of helping England— Well, now, what,would you dof Ar.d if to God's Own Country, . You happen to belong, ' ' , Have faith in the Proprietor, When things seem going wrong. , A. # • • , TALKING OF SCALES. Flage,— Reading that announcement of thy balanced Budget, by a gnomish twist I thought of tampered scales, which; brought to mind one of the most sensational cases of the "riggingll of scales, - literally speaking, of course, in th« history'of racing. It happened prior to the Melbourne Cup won by a screaming hot favourite, Revenue, This horse had been tried an absolute ccr<tainty'for the big two-mile race, andhe carried-a luxuriously light weight. At the head of the handicap was San. Fran, who, though a good horse and a thorough slayer, looked to have no chance with the favouritc^at the substantial difference in weights. However, 'as tho day of the race approached, there was heavy backing for1 San Fran, much, to everybody's surprise —including the bookmakers. ->. His mysterious supporters stood to win a. real fortune on him, despite the load ho had to carry. San Fran ran a gallant race, but Revenue was too much. fop. him; probably would have beaten him at nearly even weights. The amazing confidence displayed in San Fran wast explained later Svhen it was discovered that some miscreants had tunnelled their way under the weighing machine* sonic days before tho Cup was run and tinkered with the scales so eleverjy; that San Fran'carried not 9.0 odd i» the contest but a storm and more l?ss. , '•WALLABY.** J