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Otago Witness, Issue 3862, 20 March 1928, Page 11

If an incident which occurred in a barbers’ shop at Gore on Tuesday is any criterion the youth of to-day is fairly well endowed with the business instinct. Entering the shop a small boy asked the barber what was the price of a haircut. “ Ninepence,” replied the barber. “ I’ve got sixpence,” stated the lad. The barber said, no more, but returned to the saloon leaving the boy in the shop to consider the matter. Presently the boy entered the saloon, had his haircut, and paid over the ninepence without a murmur. The barber states that this is quite a common ruse on the part of tho small boys of the town. It is understood that preparations are being made in anticipation of the next moose hunting season in the West Coast Sounds district (states the Southland Times). Tracks have been recently cut in the interior behind Supper Cove, Dusky Sound, into the heavily wooded country where tbe moose are reckoned to be.