A self-styled reformer was watching a trench being dug by modern machine methods. He said to the superintendent: “This machine has taken jobs from scores of men. Why don’t you junk that machine and put 100 men in that ditch with shovels ?” The superintendent promptly retorted: “Or better still, why not put 1.000 men in there with teaspoons !” Husband: “ How much did you pay for the eggs?” AVife; “I had to pay 2s 6d a dozen.” Husband; “ Well, we can’t afford to eat eggs when they’s as hi"h ns that. Put ’em down in the cellar and keep ’em till they gets
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19371105.2.154
Bibliographic details
Evening Star, Issue 22798, 5 November 1937, Page 15
Word Count
102Untitled Evening Star, Issue 22798, 5 November 1937, Page 15
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.