Oddments

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 October 1947, Page 4

Oddments

It is estimated that by drinking at hotels which charge the new rate of 7d per glass of beer, but which have Retained the “house shout,” customers actually get their beer at a cheaper rate than if they paid 6d a glass and received no “shout.” In one case the beer would cost 2s 4d for five glasses and in another 2s 6d. nt $ S: * * A certain member of the National Party did not know much about prices years ago, .said Mr M. Mo'ohan (Government, Petone), speaking in the House of Representatives, because, as a young married man, very much in love, he had “both his head and his feet in the air.” As the Government of that day had overlooked taking a proprietary interest in Newton’s law of gravitation, the .good earth must have been roundly dented.

From the Government viewpoint, his Majesty’s Opposition, although National, is still a bunch of Tories; but there’s more to it than that. Mrs Ross, speaking to the Estimates in the House of Representatives, said the refund of duty and sales tax on chairs for invalids and so on should be made more widely known. Mr R M : Algie (National, Remuera), glossy Mr Algie: “What about the next* item—refund of duty and sales tax. on wigs?” Mrs Ross: “I am not concerned with wigs, not needing them as much as some people do.” It was a.-case of not rising, but shining.

-—The Seeker