One of the most remarkable features of the, 1934 Ideal Homes Exhibition in London is the “Crazy House” designed by the famous artist, Mr Heath Robinson. It is populated with 30 quaint figures who perform all sorts of amusing duties. In the garden Sandy Willie direets tin* nozzle of the weed-killer on to the thistles, while Jake the garden boy pulls the siring that works the bellows that pump the poison that makes the thistles whistle. And Mr Welwyn Sprozzle, the sunbather on the wash-house roof, pulls the string that makes his sunshade twirl, the chauffeur bends and pulls at the starting handle of his Super-quaint HKit Somethiug-or-other saloon ear, and Harold, sitting in a chair tied on the lawn-mower, pedals on his roundabout trail, with an old wooden bucket, for a grass-box and an old bass broom to sweep behind. • It is a cheerful fact that people have the humour to create such fantastic things in times like these. Another cheerful fact is that you can go to any tobacconist and get Red Shield (Hark) and Blue Shield (Medium) for only 1/7 ft 2oz tin. These tobaccos are New Zealand ’s best—‘ toasted to a turn” to make them perfectly smooth, cool, and satisfying. Also in economical Hb canisters. 4S
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Northern Advocate, 10 November 1934, Page 3
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211Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 Northern Advocate, 10 November 1934, Page 3
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