Shaun's Patch

Southland Times, Issue 21772, 29 July 1932, Page 6

Shaun's Patch

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Some people would know what to do with money if they got it; but the evidence before the N.S.W. Royal Commission suggests that quite a number of men had money and don’t know what they did with it. ♦** * ■

We invariably find that public opinion is sound when it agrees with our own. *

Not so long ago it was the passenger who worried about catching a train. Now the trains worry about catching a passenger. ♦ * * *

I wonder what is the difference between working for £2 a week, and for £4 a week when each of the pounds is worth only ten shillings? m ♦ ♦ ♦

Heigh-ho! It seems we get forlorner Each time we round another corner. * * * * EDUCATIONAL AIDS.

Give a sentence containing the word “mustard”: „ “See the sheep are mustard. * * * *

SOUTHLAND LIMERICKS. A city girl once at Wairau Attempted to milk a young cau, She had half-filled the pail When beside the beast’s tail A little dog murmured “Bau-wau. * * * *

Yesterday I came across this one which is worth a revival: An inquisitive man in a train asked a fellow passenger what was in his basket. “A ferret,” the stranger replied. “What are you going to do with it?” asked the inquisitive man. “My brother has got D.T.’s,” said the stranger, “and secs pink rats. “But they are not real rats,” argued the inquisitive man. “And this is not a real ferret, said the stranger. * * * *

The report that von Luckner was not on board the Niobe, suggests that he enjoys one part of his name. * * * * THOSE WIDOWS.

When the widow was asked how she kept her youth, she replied that she never allowed any other females near him. * * ♦ THE INNOCENTS.

She thought a revolution was a good turnout.

AT OTTAWA. If economic storms we’d weather Each and all must pull together, Join our hands, think not of self, Put bargaining upon the shelf, Persisting that to get things done The delegates must think as one.

With that idea we all agree, We stand for Empire unity, And so we never make a fuss If everyone agrees with us, For when they think on other lines, When one a scheme of ours declines We know they’re opposition’s due To losing the Imperial view.