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NZ Truth, Issue 340, 30 December 1911, Page 6

The King, his just issued a book of his public.-sp eeches, which, all the critics praise .enthusiastically,' (though it is safe to -bet ■ riot one of the silly snobs has read- the volume • t-brojugb.. It appeai-s that George Ve e is no believer m impromptu speeches, but thirties out all his public iitterances with pencil and paper, and alters th«uri again and again to get the Very best of -language m which to give his great thoughts expression. You wouldn't think so by reading his volume. Australasians will find m the book the speeches that George delivered m Australasia as Dbok of York— if they want to read them- • • m ! Heard m the Dunedin S.M. Court: — Chief ." Demon " Herbert: *' You are a dealer m eggs and butter?" Witness: I "No; rags and Dottles." The Chief ' (examining his reports) : "It's down here as .eggs and butter; how aver, its ■ more respectable anyhow! " m _.-■■•.• ■;. ■ Betfer an Innocent lie "than, a malicious truth* '

A woman cannot be trusted too far t or a man too near. A man may be rich-- enough to da just what he pleases, provided he isn't -married.