Passing Show

NZ Truth, Issue 1146, 17 November 1927, Page 1

Passing Show

THE stormy Petrol Tax.

: * ..V .# ■■ • ; . • I "HUNEDIN STAR": "Members en- | *r gineering terms." - Quite all right. There are more engineers m Parliament than the public realizes. . ' ■■ # ■ Hf ~* # THE petrol tax was , described as 4 a . joke, but/we 'haven't heard of many motorjsts really appreciating: it. «. ■•#•- * .-'.' # I HE Dowager Cquntess bf Jersey has traced, the origin of "the word '.'flapper" |o • Gulliver's Travels where "flappers. v . . stirred up lethargic and unobservant men." Nowadays,' of course, they do the trick by wearing short dresses and silk ' hosiery. THE bridge of sighs. THe dental 1 . chair. < • # # # AMERICA claims to be able to do away with crime by operating on criminals. The criminals. operate pretty extensively themselves. "njUNEDIN STAR": '; "House as Supreme Court. I ,' 'That must be why so many husbands are considered out of court. ' T. * ■".'.• .'•■* # K. SIDET waited eighteen years • for one solitary hour. > M # ■■■■•* # EMBERS getting ' nervy.'\ Jarlia- . ment. T'LJCC *'."*■.. * 1 tiht tjutntncrtunc cnforc£w.ent , jnodc ' Others do not. # # # IT is not possible to ,pull together 1 without glasses. - T# * # HE U.S.S. Co. see that you fare very well at- holiday time. T K. SIDEY may be a little slow m . .the House, but he did a deuce of a lot m an hour. •> # .# £ A MAN who' thinks himself too much rt of a k-nut is apt to get cracked. #'f - # W7E can now improve the shining w hour— if it shines. CPRING cleaning. Yes, it was a dirty Spring, all righi # ' . *•"•.■ * COME film favorites are l shooting ° stars. # ■".■■* * ' TT seems strange that a man should 1 be knocked down to be cleaned up. # - # #' A WELLINGTON medical student ■ lost his leg and claimed damages. The driver of the. motor-car lost his. head and got nothing^ ■■■ '■.' : . . * ','■' *. ■ ; ■■ * IT will be hard to distinguish the coates front sheep next election. HAILY paper caption: "Power of *^ ; -arrest." Ladies' silk hbse wijl do ifc - , ' * • . '# ■ # ■■■ ' # DLACK Bottomley. , ' • # ■'"•■'. •- TN the boxing game a man is as old as 1 he falls, •'■■'. *'* ■: ■ ;•■'#•••. ■ # YOU can't keep a good thing down if •*■ you've had too much of it. .-■'..■•■# ■'■.*'■ # A FEW years ago girl's dress was *"* her greatest ha/idicap. Now it'§ her greatest asset. T OOK sideways at the man who says he works m a bank. He might be a drain digger. t . ' \ ■'■-■ # ' ' # # TF you are worried about the rather 1 convivial party you are. contemplating remember you can do a lot m tlie name of charity. ' : ' ' ■: * . ' # ■'• # IT is very comforting indeed when a young lady tells you she likes your impertinence. :■ ■ ,* ■..#,,.. # PICTURE advertisement (Auckland) : *■ "No individual under the age iof 16 years will be admitted"— not- sex.teen.'- . ■■;"' .■.'■• -... ..-