Oddments

Greymouth Evening Star, 1 September 1947, Page 4

Oddments

An equine “lawn mower,” in charge of a prominent citizen, is reported to have been at work on Petrie Avenue yesterday afternoon. * * * * *

Umbrellas are commonly left in shops by customers, but one Greymouth shop assistant was amazed this morning to find a full set of artificial teeth in a small box. No doubt the owner was not long in discovering his loss.' as * * * * Romano Mussolini has passed examinations in bookkeeping and accountancy. It’s better than dad ever did. ’ :!: To Canada House, London, went a report from Ottawa about a house shared by two families. The landlord wanted to move the building to another site. One tenant agreed; the other insisted on remaining. So the landlord sawed the house in two, hauling away the back half with the willing tenant. The' tenant who declined to be moved first heard of the operation when a chandelier fell on his head. s(s $ sjs >!: * As from June 24 there was no more need of visas between Switzerland and Britain —one more gracious act to sweeten a curmudgeonly world. The Swiss are very good at sweetening relationships, especially with the British. A short time ago an English visitor slipped on the hotel stairs and badly sprained his ankle: “Quelle vacance!” said the sympathetic lift boy. There followed some hours of painful but effective massage, with radiant heat into the bargain. But when the ankle was well and the visitor wanted to pay, the masseur would have none of it., “Vo no charge British patient. You save us in 1940: certainly ve no charge you. If you like, ven you go home, you send me picture postcard of London vis nice stamp on. But charge you, no.” This was duly reported in the hotel, and at once capped. “The doctors in this town take just the same line. If you get ill with, say, appendicitis and can’t go home on the right day, the doctors take you into a Swiss nursing home, operate, and look after you until you can travel. But they won’t charge you, and for just the same rea-. son.” —The Seeker