DUNEDIN DRIBLETS.

NZ Truth, Issue 509, 20 March 1915, Page 8

DUNEDIN DRIBLETS.

Thing* Trite, Tough and Terrible . <From "Truth's" Dunedn Rep.) He knew her for about four months. One day m the Triangle he spotted her, with three men all Influenced. Shortly after she got .time for theft. She was much given- to liquor. She -was one of those wojnen," your, Warship, he went enV.i!"wh.ft''-'ta]ke".-no. i '* i trouble' to reform themselves,* she is a danger to society." Detective Jack Hammerley m the Magistrate's Court, sermonising- on the wayward ways, of a poor sister of the pave. ■ ;She was sent to the Home for 12 months, and -the. Lord will reward the righteous Jack. ■ • • • "-#.■•" # £30 pilfered from a cook at Green Island, £40' worth of furs abstracted on the wharf and now for sale free of duty, a certain lady plying her notorious trade of illegal operator, abject w.hite slavery m South' Dunedin, and a. lot more, yes, a great lot more. Send for. a 'tec.'-' You'll find him scrutinising •plders round the corner. •-.»■ • • • '■" i" ■ <■•; , ■ There was anelofarow m a rag shop, King-street way, the other day. Mrs. "Wpoden". called Mrs. "Puddin" a"damn sketch," and this language so annoyed "puddin" that she made a kick and a wipe of her fist at "Wooden." The lady missed her wipe, but herto'e caught a bundle of rags and nut. rolled whisky and beer m their glass skins. Mrs. "Puddin" seized a pint of» No. 10 and was bolting away when somehow or other she caught Mrs. "Wooden's" boot m her bustle, and into the gutter she flopped. The whisky, like the- lady; was spilled on the street, the. lady went limping home. When all was over a cop blew on the scene, and enhaled the odor from the split liquor;- -• ' - 1 :* " - -f • ■ , * * The wowsers were beaten at. the. Licensing poll In South Dunedin, so we ' Will be ,able to have beer and skittles at the Forbury Trots next time. However, the wowsers' won at.:. Port Chalmers, so there will be nothing good at Wingatui, bar muddy water— and sly-grog. . • ■■-•' - ':. t ,I*' ' # ' Talking anerit the same poll— the action of the local peelers and press was quite of the'tickle-your-chin-cod-the-publican kind. Out at Wingatui the demnitton press and peelers never go dry, for the Jockey Club is dacent. Little wonder then, the bobbies and the blotters were 'agin' the sale of the lotion there. . Their whistles are well softened, so to Potsdam with the blanky public. One often wondered why all the limping 'tecs m the dour burgh usually ( haunt the 'course, and catch so little woolly-woollies. The pussy's out of the bag, eh? Put him In quick, before" the Jockey Club ftes his "whiskies. I ■.-. • :♦ • At long, last the Royal Arcade ie under the hammers That relic of Dun«din's past, fr(i'n%fia fashionable thoroughfare sank to a collection of ramshackles m the short space of a quarter of a century. Passing through the sombre '.place it does seem funny, for besides gpldr.ringod^and rugged 'tecs ■wHo haunt the /way, ? it 'is Extraordinary the amount of " two- upper h," sharks, fat females and baggy bullies to be seen all round. Mr. Harry Divers expects to sell the' Arcade to the City Council at the moderate figure of a thousand and twenty-six, and the City 1 fathers may disinfect it and make it a markety What a boon that would be to Dunedin that has no public market! What a roaring trade the Gladstone will do! Old John's m luck, so'elp me! # * • At a meeting of the University Coun. cil last Tuesday, the resignation of Mr. F; H. Campbell as lecturer on German was reported. The report added: "There are no students this year." The blokes are either gone to the front, or those that rerriain behind won't tackle the- Teuton tongue.' It's a handy way of . remaining stupid. We understand that Maori or Japanese may be substituted, or Samoan if a professor can be dug vp v . ...-•• „ • •* .. ..» ■ ... —fl „ , • « Last Thursday' at the City- road Hall, Roslyn,' Mr. -ana" Mrs: Abraham A. Llnd tojd ( the story of their work m .Central India. ' The pious pair are heathen snatchers, and already for Christianity they have bagged a goodly squad of the Mardla tribes. The thrilling story of travel and adventure specially appealod -to a host of man-eyed shemalen, who sat on their bibles and gaped like so many children's stuffed gollywogs. # ■ ' # # The Domrrat Party.; afe having a meeting on Sunday to protest against the rising cost of living. A very timely venture. It Is to be hoped that the Voices raised shall make themselves felt. Rich men make wars, but poor men fight 'em— And the poor man starves while the • . rfcH exploit Mm !