Untitled

Franklin Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 24, 1 March 1940, Page 5

On Which Side? - t It was a good thing to let people U know where one stood, said the J Dr. .1. G. Inkster during the course of his address to Rotarians recently, and .3 lie urged his listeners to link their Gs forces with those of the Church and 7 1o make the Church *• vital factor in '§ their lives. Illustrating his point, he told the story of an old man, as deaf as a post, who made it a point of honour never to miss a service, atthough he openly admitted ‘hat t.e had never heard one word of the 4 sermon for the last thirty years. When . asked why he continued going to | church, the old man replied that it was 1.0 let people know which > : ie heU was on. “Something of that spirit isrf wanted today,” said Dr. Inkster. -

The Essence of Meanness. i A story circulating locally has ai hearing on what seems lo be thfc]|| essence of meanness. A new 1 oilier, a stranger. entered a store and asked for matches. When% told that matches were in exlrem'elyß short supply at present, he replied! that, he must have a smoke, and the,! shopkeeper, relenting, said he could'! supply him with a box. costing two- -I pence. This offer was accepted, and, I as the counter staff exceedingly 1 busy the customer was directed to I the pay-desk with his threepenny coin I to get his penny change. He went to! the pay clerk, said he had been told! to get a penny change, on a purchased received the copper, and coolly walked;! out of the shop—with the matches?! his own threepenny coin, and the! penny he had received from tlie pay-! clerk. It was only afterwards, ini checking up, that the impositiou. <ij wajj! revealed. There is only one redeem-! ing feature about the incident: It isl possible the man absent-mindedly! w r alked out, thinking he had paid the! silver coin to the shopkeeper. —T|B Awamutu Courier. I