Shaun’s Patch

Southland Times, Issue 21728, 14 June 1932, Page 6

Shaun’s Patch

A little noncenee now end then I Is relished by the wleest men. —Hudlbree.

The Labour Daily in Sydney says that New South Wales was “sold a pup” in the election. Well, it hounded Mr Lang out. # * * ♦ Certainly the State requires a watchdog ‘ .... A reader has sent me a statement that the only nation prepared to go the limit in naval reduction is Switzerland. . . « • The Turkish women adopting Western ideas ceased to cover their faces, but Western women have been smearing on a covering for some years. *** . * Pocket cruisers: Wives looking for hubby’s wages. * * * ♦ This silence suggests that China is preparing for a new war. The cancellation of war hatreds might lead to the cancellation of war debts. EDUCATIONAL AIDS. ’ Give a sentence containing the word “military”: “I don’t like to see military with that soldier.” Money may make the world go round, but the world makes money go thin. Heat travels faster than cold. You can catch a cold quite easily. ♦ * * ♦ Mary had a little car She drove in manner deft, And every time she signalled right, The little car went left. And Mary as a motorist Of nerve would never lack, But when she told it “Go ahead,” The car would answer back. .... I am informed by a reader that golf cannot be regarded as a rich man’s game because there are so many poor players. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Snoring that disturbs the wife May cause much altercation, But less than when it doth disturb A dozing congregation. » * * ♦ Every little while the Government Statistician issued a bulletin showing the cost of living; but the Government could save a lot of money if it cut out this unnecessary service. All any man needs to do in order to find out the cost of living is to add 10 per cent, to his income. From a contemporary I cull this announcement: Major F. H. Lampen, of Dunedin, armiledr than in the north. Temperatures at 9 a.m. to-day were:— Bluff 46, Invercargill 48, Dunedin 41, Timaru, Christchurch and Greymouth 34. It must be good news for the local amateur operatic society that the producer reacts to the climate so favourably.