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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 18 June 1924, Page 3

I eopJe are always willing to pay a good price to witness an exposition by a well-known magician, but a certain gentleman paid very highly on "Wednesday night and did not even get a of the performance says the N.Z. Times. The gentleman, who had booked a passage bv the Moeraki, went into the Post Office shortly before 10 o’clock in order to send a cable to His friends in Melbourne informing them of his departure. He filled hi the form, and left a parcel on the desk at which he had been writing, while he handed the cable to the clerk. Within a minute he was back at the desk again, but, ’ Presto, his parcel had vanished. It contained hi s boat ticket, the bill of lading for his car, and his bank book. The performer did not wait for the applause, but left his victim stranded m Wellington. They are still finding wavs of getting rich quick in the United States. In answer to an advertisement of a new patent on “How to Get Hid of hat.” a very fleshy lady sent in one dollar for the required information. The answer she received was as follows: “To get rid of fat throw it in the garbage tin.”