BY-THE-WAY.

Hutt News, Volume 3, Issue 24, 6 November 1930, Page 2

BY-THE-WAY.

A TACTLESS WIFE. ... A young man, who in cooramon with many others these days, had been, told by his firm t»hat they could no* longer1 employ him, was engaged by a kindlyl neighbour to do. a,day's gardening for her. Though' unaccustomed, he started off {bravely. Some hours' later, his! young and, it is 'feared,.'.rather tactless wife, went to see how h«f. fjK&s faring, when the --following dialogue.'' ensued. Wife: "Ooh, is tihat all you've done in four hoivrs?/' Outraged •husband/ -grasping an aching'back and hobbling up the path, "Done! It's d— — hard work, I can tell you!" "WINDY WELkmGTOJST." Truly,; an epithet oft hurled at the capital city and, we >fear, not alto^ gether undeserved, as the following incidentwill r help io "bear out. One windy day in Wellington—or one of Wellington's recent \ windy days-—a -Hutt- resident nearing Stewart Darwr-son's-corner was amused to see a man's hat deftly lifted front its aecustd'med1 position ". and equally, deftly deposited on. - the Isenxp <y£ a.;passing: motor car. -rOijc driver of the ear did not at onie© rtbti.ee what -had happened, but on observing the foreign object, he at once pulled up. A friend of the dehattedl^ one redeemed the article and presented it to it's owner, who jocularly offered Ihim a penny; Unhappily the first mentioned gentleman was evidently noifc blessed "with a sense of humouT for, with a kick, he sent the unoffending penny spinning down the street-—a Tather ungracious ending to an otftieriwise' amusing incident. HUXEMOA. TENNIS CIsTFB. ' ■The official opening of the aibove duib was held last Saturday. Althotfgh the day was overcast, there was a fair attendance. Some exciting games were played dtorinig the afternoon in spite of the ground still being damp. The membership of this club is now 30, and all are very keen players, ing powder witi. flour and add to first mixture, alternating with milk. Bake