SPARKS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 17 March 1928, Page 14

SPARKS.

There is always danger in sudden stops. An optimist is a chap who hopes he has enough petrol to get him to a place where It’s cheaper. A pessimist carries two spare tyres, an extra tube and a pump whenever be drives down town to a movie. Health experts have discovered a whole village of 90-year-old folks in a remote mountain region. There's no way for a motor car to get there. Scientists tell us that human mentality is increasing by leaps and bounds, but we still have quite a sprinkling of people who believe that persistent honking of motor horns will break up a traffic jam ahead. Mrs Wiggs; Are you interested in antiques ? Mrs Diggs: No, but my husband is. He just won’t get rid of that 1919 touring car. Nothing works out right. In a town where you can park as long as you want to there is no reason why yon should want to. HIS ONLY CHANCE. We take the following pointed comment from the correspondence column of a London daily paper: “L have -just read that a motorist crashed through a large boarding by the roadside. It was probably the only chance he had of admiring the scenery.”