ALL FOOLS’ DAY

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 58, Issue 4121, 4 April 1949, Page 5

ALL FOOLS’ DAY

JOKES IN PAEROA MANY PEOPLE CAUGHT All Fools’ Day, which was observed orf Friday morning, brought with it the usual practice of playing jokes on. friends and relatives, the children tak- / ing special delight in trying to catch out the people they met. One small boy, who was up earlier than most people, first of aill caught his father, who was looking for his daily paper, by running into the bedroom with a. copy of the paper for which his father i thanked him. It was-not until th* man had settled back comfortably in his bed for a quiet read that he realised that the paper was several day* old. As luck would have,it the daily paper was late in arriving in Paero* Friday morning. Next, the young fellow phonad hie grandmother and, disguising his voice, said that a toll call was coming from a distant town in which her tatar lives. The grandmother held an w the line for quite some time with an occasional “ Are you there ? ” befor* the youngster disclosed his ideMlitjr with a giggle-

The 'boy then phoned a neighbour, - who had been experiencing trouble from dogs attacking her fowls, and advised the lady in question that he could see a dog endeavouring to get into the fowl house. The lady thanked the boy and rushed outside to be greeted by peals of laughter from the lad and his small friend. Quite a number of people were taken in with the broadcast story that a huge swarm of wasps was approaching Auckland and some Expressed alarm at the inconvenience that might be caused. Of course, at school, all the children were trying to catch one another and teachers had to step warily during the morning. One teacher during tbn I morning interval was‘handed a note I requesting her presence at the headmaster’s study, but she quickly handed it back to the girl who presented it to her with the comment that a note from anybody always started with a .capital letter. I Many and varied were the idea*. used in playing jokes and the usual laughter accompanied the morning’s sport. ■