MY CORNER

Grey River Argus, 24 April 1925, Page 2

MY CORNER

PRINCIPALLY “PIE.” (I>y .1 :;<• k 1 lorner ). Thu Winner of the Limerick compe--1 Li> ii, out of over a Imndrt d triers is Hilda Worth, c/o Windsor Hctei, M a riches: 1 or Street, (’h ristchu roll. Th” thrm iim. s supplied wore: - I hen was a young lady t f Rei-l’toii, \\ ho married a big Maori e.hieft.'iii:, 1 1” said ‘ • Ixmpai Wahin >' ' I lie contestants had to supply the two missing lines. 'i’hose supplied by the She -aid: “Stop it. you ninny, I‘ecplo are lo..king you bei-f ton.” Others worthy uf recognition were submi’tt'd by Frank Calncn, Esplanad”. W ‘‘st port, William Greenwood, Greymouth; Molly Groancy, Groymor th; William M -Avoy, Ward Street, Ruo.in l g 1 and .la ne.s Rogers, Weld Street, I Hokitika. Tlie prize money or one gui. ' non !ms l.een forward<-d to the win | ... r. I ■ -:o:- - --- j \ poilo is ; old as it peo!>. - :o: — - - - —: o: — ib-vei'go is sweet to lawyers. - - :o: — - —-—: a; I Tin- ‘ ‘ Grry mold h Evening Star” on • Tm’sd.uy nighl in a hading ailicie 'luted that ihp ‘‘Argus” got its nows | fron. oilier p.ijH-rs.—Now, isn T that I funny’ If I had a pound for evrv I column t') ■ “S.-nr” dipped from other j | : pers in a week, methinks. 1 would go a Weinldiy>ng in May. Rut ‘‘?dae : • lav.” v. h > ‘‘writes” t’ee Week-end ; 1 Im’ in that journal’s Saturday night editions, might have something to say [on the matter. That column is not ! i. print. (Terrific applause.) • Miners motto—lnfra dig. :0: ;o; 1 It wouldn’t be a bad idea if the i Harbour Board used Richmond Quay | to unlock the secret that made them I turn down such an admirable ret art I for the improvement of the harbour. I Leak, break, break, On t hi’ Dobson seams, dyer see? And would my thought'- my tongue •muld utter ■ If Arnold’s mentioned to me. Oh! Well for the silly ;iny | Who fights for the ratepavers’ right. ! All things will bo 0.K.. ' As long ns we get light. I So tiie precious scheme goes on To the possie under the hill (But the elections point to a vanished | hand I And ti vi ice Hint they will still. Professor MoTxnight, o( McGill t ni* versity, states that, with the aid of the new powerful telescope, it will bo ims.silil” to see stars that have never I'oen seen before.— There is nothing wonderful in that. The professor s namesake gave Dick Pascoe an astronomical exhibition lasi Saturday night without the aid nf any telescope. And those stars wore nevm- soon boMro either. :o: — —-: o: The senior wrangler. \ wife older than yourself. : o ;, :O: — Adolj'h Pawk has won the wood--1 chopping voietift zf or *the Sthte 'of Oregon for the eleventh successive • —Pew]; chops. :o- :0: Butterfies. —It doos. Ask the wife. There lives a young man of Roa Whom the mob decreed as a gon, But one day in his life He wedded a wife; Now this gon of Roa goes. sloa. :o: :o:— , V’ is the fourth of July. Napoleon wouldn’t have much chance nowadays of crossing Cook Strait, what with Wellington on one side and Nelson on the other. : o: '. o ’- 1 Desert Gold was a pretty fast old girl, but not as fast as sonic other old i girls. | It’s cropped up once more. LooturI’! < to an appreciative : -iiuiencp in Auckland, on Uruguay, "Mr J. Lovell : Thomas said that the vegetation of that country was similar to Fiji, but there were no bananas.

The Communists seem 1o have struck a Bulgarian rock. : o: : o: — Mrs Dinglemender at the Racer.. ‘‘l ’p**rd as ’ow yer went to the rices at Oiuoter lawst Saturday, (leurir.” remarked Mrs Sharkeyes, w.pI ing her lips. ‘‘Tell mo all about it, ! luwie.” ‘‘Ah, Airs Sharkeyes, ’’ reJ plied Mrs Dinglomonder ‘‘Oi hardly loike to till ye, it brings Lack unpleasant memories. Oh. wirra wirra, ’tis a sorry day Oi ivor wint out thorn. Di had on me new almond green .-mt in. wid old gold shado'w lace overskirt, caught at the hips wid a p-u:ty ?>’• «• rosette. Tt was made vnrv 11 ■' < w ill a marjor bodice hangin l'»csc m the shoulders, and a purtv Ormn tai fringe hangin ’ loose from me collarbone. The. skirt w'as thrimmed wid pale pink fur. /which matched ‘the. rosette. ATe new hat made mo look years younger, and Oi enneriod me ’air for Hie occasion. Tt wuz a ora me vclvit pitcher hat. wid a beautiful orstricli feather, and a purty bunch of forget-me-nots hanging from the hr’m. and long whoitc satin stramors hangin’ down the shoulders. Patent leather j shoes and flesh-coloured shtockins oom- I

plated u very churinin mili-t. mm‘‘Was Airs Philleiu. there. lux\\ asked Mrs Sharkeyes. “The l OW Jane, she wnz,“ repLel I Mus Dingleniendor, “w’oLan expinsive furr coat on. and not paid for, as Oi know, for the vilki’n pulled the hill for ut . out ay her poelrclst whin rhe brought out hcX purrsc.’, Phwell, Oi was jisf goin up to the teetotaloisolor to back CaJiphout. or Calibnrncr, or phwativer the bastes name is, whin llm thing- enrne slop bong wallop m Did it win?” “Did it pihwat?” ‘‘Did it win?” “1)1,1 it phwat! \v eourse the ’ ’■”! thing won and paid si ven pounds. ‘‘That’s your fault,” sis Dinglemender. “For phoi is ut moi fault?” Oi asks him. “If ha,ln r been lookin at that craythur s diiss •in ’ ATrs Phillent. we v. mt Lane in plenty uf toime. Ax c'>..is*. Afrs Sharkeyes, that wnz more than Oi cm] stand. So Oi gi'Cs him a weighty swoipo and knocks his spic tickles off. “They’re off.” sis a young 'man who wuz standin ne.m e. H i a purty young gurrl in a blue suH mid grey fill hat smokin a L’"! ■' ' it. Fredi” siz the gurrl. ‘‘ ‘ h the torle wuz open si/ I". have a liver on the old woman. Oi i Mpji’t •see) *ipr weight up. >'■ J l ' lookin round. “Oi suppose is not strong enough for - th:’... “ , ' 1 this toime Dinglemender and Oi were gain ’ at ut properly. ‘‘l s this a ivint,” siz another young • • l lady, the nixt race will be start in shortly, anil if you shake tin gtnibv. loike you are doin the gee-geos v. •.i be aide to run.” But Oi Ink no notice av him. Afrs Sharkoycs, Oi wuz bint on bringin ’ Dinglen ejub l : l to i' 1 - rinses. “Flames and blazes. siz he, “you make a scane iverv toime yon come out.” \nd just then. Mrs Shark I eyes, Oi missed me footin ' and Ml over. “Ah, no good for hurdles.” -■■■ silly galoot, ‘‘but she’s veil proportioni'd. ’ ’ Phw< n Oi got up and picked up mr rosette wbi<b had falb’i on the ground. Dinglomender had gone. Don't look so disappointed. Airs Sharkeves. Oi gave him the risr phwen we got hornie, and made him halve his winnins. Fhwell. after he had gone, Oi -■ked a horrse in aieli race. ’Tis ‘ O ’ that is giviu ’ me sieh a far-away look in the ayes that you moite have mA iced to-day., Mrs Sharkeys. Oi tun still lookin’ for those hastes to come in. There wuz a horse there in •> b rid jacket that Oi fancied, because' he always came in furrst, so Oi went up to the noire young gintlcman at the ticket office and asked for a ticket on the horse wid the long rid jacket. “Phwirdi fine.”' asks the young man. “That one,” siz Oi. pointin’ to the horse. “Oi’m sorry Oi can’t let you have one on him.” siz the young man “An’ phoi is that?” siz Oi. “Pliwell Ted moightn’t loike nt.’’ siz lu*. ‘‘he's clerk of the course, you know,” nnd wid that he slums down 'he winder. Affher that. Mrs Sharkeyos. Oi xvinf and lied some afthemoon lav. and !| mo thruhles. A’os. here’s hoxx. Mrs SUin rkeyos. ’ ’ Oh Grevmouth! Oh Greym'outh! L”t your critics wipe their eves, You have proved to all that yen i.ro far from dotty. No thought of an election. But you made a xviso seleofien. AVhcn you graced your civ’n- table wirli Perotti: And on progress you xvere bent. So you sent on Jimmy Txent (Omoto ami Txaiata. went fair <li'H> . Ami you thought your civic tar :H (By returning Air Parfitt' For still another term—you ‘.-r. potty When you did a thing like that, ami and T am glad For you’ve got the finest ci-umil to be had; But what fairly takes the biscuit Is— you didn't care to risk it With the Power Board, say? Ain’t '«har too bad? j\.nd next Wednesday’s poll they .'ay will be a hotty Well, what d’yer think when members kick the traces? But the stolid old ‘eight liundreu

will kick the ones who blundered To the- spot that’s been reserve'; for “absent, faces.”