SPARKS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 19 May 1928, Page 14

SPARKS.

Holmes: “A slow town, is it:'” Watson: “Slow! The speed cops here ride bicycles.”

Why save the time at the crossing if sou lose it at the hospitals

“Who is the Hoad Hog R” asks a “Daily Express** headline. “That’s an easy one,” answers “Punch.” “He is some other motorist.”

Termed the “Pure Gas Bill, legislation was recently brought forward m New York State to prevent, the sale of oil or fuel which is not true to label. New Zealand has already regulations in this connection.

Honey is occasionally used in radiaLors in the United States as an antifreeze solution. Its use is not advised, as all sugar mixtures are sluggish.

An economist makes the plaintive inquiry: “What will follow ait this wave of "buying automobiles on instalments:-” What will follow, probably, is instalment buying ot aeroplanes.

The driver: • 'There's something wrong. This gear-shht doesn't work. ’ The lady. “That isn’t the gear-shirt, Jack. It’s—er —it’s my knee.”

A man was having a trial run in one of those very smalt cars. They started off through the streets of London. Suddenly the light of day vanished, to reappear a few seconds later. “Hullo!” said the surprised passenger, “was that a tunnel we went under)-” “No,” replied the demonstration expert, carelessly, “that was an omnibus.”