POSTSCRIPTS

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 9, 11 July 1934, Page 10

POSTSCRIPTS

Chronicle arid Comment

BY PERCY FLAGE

Thank goodness it will be another ■' ten days before the next Test opens. * * * It was a load off our mind to know that the duty on hydro extractors and incubators has been abolished. If that food supply crisis develops: in Germany, Hitler will have no recourse but to eat a lot of his owm: words. . *....• . • . < Latest advices (by mail)* from the States state that the Blue Eagle is moulting so fast that soon itwill not have a feather to fly with. : The Prince of Wales says that good advertising goes hand- in hand with salesmanship. And the height of salesmanship is for a fellow to sell a vacuum cleaner on terms to an insurance canvasser: . ■■. ; .. : .- * :*- ■■. ■?.'.■ - y '~ AWAY WITH DISHARMONY. Lodge news .note: A friendly, challenge from Loyal Petone Lodge for the indoor bowling contest -was accepted. After the lodge had been closed members and friends spent the remainder, of the evening in harmony. '~.'.•. In other words, peace was restored. * * * -■... .. ■ ■"■. . DOWN IN THE DUMPS. ; Excerpt from private note from Ok« SHikino: Pleaso tell Honourable Plage this unutterably humble person, very down in dumps. Celebrated enemy' Wong Buk (may rats gnaw his vitals) tell me Chinese proverb: ■ ',< Walkee softly, catchee monkey." I no catchee monkey — catchee Walkce — -catchee hell!!- ■ ■ •-•:■ .--,.. .;, -> . . . SAYONARA BINDY.' .; '...'/ ..•"-■''• ■ ;:-.-»..: ■• ;- ... ; .- MANCHESTER HEAT. Cable note: It was an ironic fact that at Manchester, of all places, tha • Australians should, be affeetedJ by ih*. -, sun. The reference i5,-of course, to^ that city's reputation for wetness.' But, . as a colleague who was born sad, reared up that way, a scorching midsummer day in Manchester is not to . be taken lightly.- The city is set in a-basin, with hills round about, and on a windless summer; day ithe adjacent rivers, the Mersey and' the"'lrwell, assist the sun to produce a; sweltering humid atmosphere which can be exceedingly oppressive, even .if one is not bowling at first-class" batsmen or chasing shots to the boundary. -' - - '" ■ ..' - . > '•...,.",»; ._;'. : • TOKEN PAYMENT. ,; -..;'.' ' Britain did, not default entirely's» far-as the last instalment of Wat deists was concerned. -A resident of Portsmouth, Mr. Martin' Xi, stepped into; the breach, to'save the natioilal honoulr. Last month -the- TJ.S.A. Treasury rfc ' ceived a prize -packet'on accpnnt of : Britain's sharg of .the war debt. "'lt contained a farthing—■farthiaes"aif© in.' general use at Homer-^and this' note:: "Congress says that (jreat Britain must pay, so, as a,humble Briton, 14n sending my bit—a' farthing—as that's v all I, can spare. Although, I'it 'ii. a job," it's hot so long ago I was on the, roelfs, broke... to. ,the .widel'V The' ''instalment yi :,was* sent'on by the',redipient committee to the Treasury; where,.at last advices, officials Were* in a quandary as to how to credit it. It will probably .be added to the.Conscience Fund." '.-:... _■■<■■■ < :... : *, ■ .«■ ■ '*... .' i,. • -.. .. ■ POSTED' . . V MISSING. '" "Ngaio.™—Afraid the majority;»f readers would not...apprehend. ~'.'' "Swat 'Eni.J'— Far from cleyer ani and unnecessarily personal.. ... ;.-'..[ "Bolivar."—-Where have, you been hibernating?.;.;•,.. Jingle rather ~'.; too jangley. -''• : ';'.'.:'""' '" ':,:.'■'■.-,;/ "Bambino."—-And,, whose b^by might you be?j-Gallic .".Cradle Song " too disturbing.'.,. •■• .. ■: ■ \ ■ . ; D.M.S.—Promising for* ,a fir'slj attempt. Try. your hand on a more, interesting:theme. ■-~. ■ J.E.H.—(I) A neat quatrain, but, fiofc Strictly : according to. Cocker—-Or. to, facts. (2) Zara Agha'.did not beget,, a child at 151. ; " O.L."—Them'Sr.. ,our,,»,sentiments, too! - ' " Pelorus /Jack ";■ ~-■.- (Masterton).— That theme has been'flogged ;t"o death.Good wishes reciprocated. ■ " Ambling Ambrose. "—Technically, right, but not; in" the" best #fi h t»3te; ; " Daffodilly."—lt "came' from »« authoritative source. " M.P,"—(l)- Ju6b;fair. .Any, and every' rhyme 'not "signed' is Our own. ... KABBITS AT BAY. "''> Tall BiL'O'Eet ■:■'-.'-■. : lly and Tim Wall-— . ••-/; Who also is . ' ; : Taut-strung and ta;i—., ■.-.■-,-;-- They dared the might . Of England, say, : ■■-.■■■■.-.. Like unto rab ." ■ - ■ ■• ■ bits brought to Bay. i ■ '■ The lioh roared— <'..''' . " . They stood their, ground—' : He snarled and clawed, ' ■•■••■-■ ■■••■'■ And plunged around, -. ■ ■ But did they turn- ,;•'.:■■-.• : . f A hair, or bat ' ;' ■' ■ . An eyelid v, ." no, :■■'■.-'■■' ■-■■'■'■'■■■ You can't- say that,' '■■■■■•■ ' But they did Bat : ' ' - ■■- -^ (To make things'plai^; ■* •'' "■ : ■ Hammoid and1 Co. ■'■ '■'■' With might and main, ' ••'••'.=- 'And though they had : : ' Some luck, it's true,' -r■ .': ••■'•'.■- Such, was those stal- ; , wart rabbits' diie. ■ . ■-."■'■ \Etats off to'-Bill' ' - ' • And Tim, and may !- >'■ ■''"■•' They fight as well ■ ;: • ' Another day! ' > ■••■'■ '■ ' : ' ■ *: <''•-•_■ - * .' ' * .'■ £12,000,000 SEARCH DEAWai : It is reported' that; nest' year *t, expedition will leave the Dominion. ,fdt Cjocos iin search of buried, treasure. ' There! arc rival • camps on that desert island at this mpment^-threa men, and one of thcui noyer.speaks to tho other'two. The tJiree Jn6n, weta : members of the Captain StanioaCpcbs Expedition, before it sailed from; PernA broko Dock last autumn , to, <|u6st tha ' glamorous treasure—ingots, of gold,, gem-studded crucifixes,' pieces of eight —dumped by.' Bcnito Bonito of the Bloody Sword and' - Cither old-time buccaneers in cave and cr6ek of Cocos.' One was Cooknell, gold-diviner, and coleader of the party.. .Diff6rences .of opinion between Cooknell and.Captain Stanton resulted in Cooknell breaking . away from the party .before, it. sailed. Cooknell swore to reach Cocos befdie.. the Stanton expedition. He .set Out On his own, fell in with the owner of a schooner at Panama, andr-thereV he was, as large as life, staring at them when they waded ;• ashore at Chatham Bay. Cooknell had quarrelled with- Stanton's carpenter a 150.., When, the expedition abandoned—for . tho . time being, at any rate —the quest for treasure, they left the carpenter and one other man on the island. These two stayed entirely on their owa accord. So there they are, all;tnre«* Ami Cooknell simply will not talk t* the other two. • • ■