HUTT VALLEY TAXI DRIVERS' FIRST ANNUAL DANCE, LABOUR HALL, PETONE, WEDNESDAY, 20th OCTOBER* NORM CROFT'S ORCHESTRA. 50/50 — DANCING — 50/50 Good Supper. 8 ? Subs. 2/-. Ask Your Driver-for Tickets. FACE HAIRS BANISHED FOREVER BY ELECTROLYSIS, The Only Permanent Method. INECTO TINTING, HENNA PACK. MRS. E. NICHOLLS, LADIES' HAIRDRESSER, 291 HIGH STREET, Opp. Wright Stephenson's. THE BEAUTICIAN SALON. WHITES LINE EA&T Nr. Prince Edward Theltre. Telephone 02-800 tor Appointments. All Methods of Waving . Done by Expert Operator, LATEST HAIR STYLING, SWIRLS & CURLS. HUTT VALLEY LICENSED CHIMNEY SWEEP A. CLAPHAM, CHARLES STREET, BELMONT. Hutt City Agents.—Dwyer, Grocer, Victoria Street, phone 60 067; Taylor, Grocer, High Street, phone "62-271; Thomas, Grocer, Woburn phone 62-155; Mackle's Store, Moera. phone 60-242. . i ■ ' ' THE PIE The blacksmith's wife went away on holiday, and he was left to look after hi 9 own wants. One day he was seen to open out his dinnerbasket, disclosing a long pie. "What hev you got there?" asked a workmate. '"A rhubarb pie," answered the blacksmith. "It's a bit long, isn't it?" commented the other. "Why," said the smithy, "how do ye think I would get the stick* in if it wasn't." COMPULSORY Desperately and breathleß&ly Whyte dashed into the doctor's surgery and collapsed in a chair. "Whatever have you been doing, man?" exclaimed the doctor, as Whyte showed signs of Coming round. "Been having a heavy meal, doctor," moaned Whyte. "What!" gasped the doctor in astonishment. "And I've often. told you not to hurry after a H6ivy; meal." "Yes, doctor, you have," Whyte, "but on this occasion I had to." "Why?" inquired the doctor. "Because," explained Whyte, "I couldn't pay for it!" BOTH SURPRISED The saleroom was crowded. Just before the sale began, an olfTJady, feeling the effects of the warm room, indulged in 40 winks, and was soon sound asleep. When the sale commenced, the old lady slept on, her head contihu: ally nodding on her breast, . The sale over, the noise of the departing people awoke the old, lady. "Has the sale started she inquired of a gentleman standing V "Started, madam," be s£id in surprise; "why, the auctioneer's knocked everything down to jro,u! M ' "This is a warm doughnut;' fttep on it," read Timothy a(oud in class. The teacher looked at the book. It said: This is a worm. Do not step on it. ;A man was given a carpet to beat, and on bringing it back to the lady itjf the house she reproachfully said: '{Those holes were not there when I gay£ you the carpet." ' "Well, ma'am," he replied, "J* theya weren't there, where they?"
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Hutt News, Volume 15, Issue 21, 22 October 1941, Page 6
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