The Persisenc Poer

NZ Truth, Issue 282, 19 November 1910, Page 1

The Persisenc Poer

; HIS HONOR'S INNOCENCE.

The Chief Justice: Whajt is ea dou-ble-headed penny ? Witness : A pianny with a head on both sides.. -Chief .Justice : But are there pennies is. sued liifee ,that ?." Witness * They, are flnade for playing "two-up.."^.. Chief «Jus-, •tice,: OJh. I vdid.not. know..tha^.-i-Su-preme .Court dialogue,., incidentally, inf'twcHup'' language, , a double-head-ed penny is "known as V.a grey." "] It- really is alarming -* ■ j •What our judges da -not lflnow, Their innocence disarming -The wrath that we could show. It really is •quite painful " "When their learned 'ftonprs speak lii' manner quite disdainful - , Of things that to them aire GsreeiKi It really is amazing. And on tMs point we must say, The judge would go star-gazing" On 'learning: what's lt a grey."' WHEN PETER STARTS A-BOWMNG. Peter Bowling said at Newcastle (N.S.W.} recently that fools who ' stood up m Parliament had no idea of economics — they knew no more than an unborn child. When Peter gets to Parliament He'll show them all a point, He'll teach them economics, He will paralyse the "joint.?* He will be a light of leading, He will teach them all the way To steer the ship of State aright— He'll have a deal to say. He'll educate the rest of them, And show them where they're wrong, When Peter starts a-Bowling— well, ' The batting needs be strong. - To stand against his onslaughts, oh, It fills their souls with fear — When Peter, gets to Parliament, He'll make the mob feel queer. • • • WHY HE'S SAD. 11m said just now as I can be, With quite sufficient reason. . • Wher'er I wend my way I see Sales of the closing season. They're most almighty hard to bear, These slaughter sales of summer wear. Small wonder that -, my thoughts should run In such' a gloomy channel, Considering what they have done To outing suits and flannel. ' Just now, they charge a iquid tor such 1 As I bought for three times as much. \ Straw bats they almost give away, White ducks they're selling cheaply, And as for shirtings— negligee, They agitate me deeply. J I hate to see the signs. It hurts : To think what I have paid for shirts. \ I have not the splosh to spare ; | That makes me all the glummer. t That sum would buy m stylish wear An outfit for next Summer. And as it is, I'll have to dig ' Up boodle for the self-same rig. '. Some day I'll buy each blooming thing— ! Not as I've always bought 'em— But Winter garments m the Spring And summer m the Autumn. But at the present time my wails i Increase at the November sales. |