“DID YOU KNOW?”

Taranaki Daily News, 19 December 1929, Page 5

“DID YOU KNOW?”

PARS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE. '■ That Christmas will soon be here. . That the British Billards Council should. put a brake on Lindrum. That the Australian. National Anthem is “Don’t Go Down:the Mine, Daddy!” That if Good Friday fell on a Saturday somebody would .blame Daylight Saving. That handicappers expect all the horses in a race to cross the line abreast. But they don’t! That if your neighbour’s peacock laid aji egg in . your back-yard it wouldn’t be a peacock. That there was a great falling-off in English hurdle races last season. That if all the tacks .in New Plymouth were mixed up in the bitumenising machine the garages . would be overworked.

That if all the tickets on losers at Hawera yesterday were collected and placed in five sacks they would not be worth very much. That the best method of getting rid of broken crockery, cracked bottles, leaky porcelain, baths, etc., is to heave them out of the upstairs window, but before doing so it is advisable to have a peep out and see that there is no-one standing underneath. (Some people cannot take a joke).

That some people follow form, some fancy a jockey’s colours and some close their eyes and put their pencil on the race-card. But they all lose their money eventually. That if all the alleged bookmakers in New Zealand were to give up their present occupations and work on the roads there would be more unemployment than ever. That one way to remove a fly-speck from window is to dissolve 6ozs of hard soap in three and a-half gallons of boiling water. Cool, and add 10 drops of turpentine, a tablespoonful of methylated spirits and five drops of lavender water. Mix well and apply freely to speck. If this does not remove it, wet forefinger on tongue and rub speck briskly. (This latter method has never been known to fail). That some jockeys think they can ride; but they can’t. That if all the !‘dcad” horses were sold to the zoo there would soon be a shortage of horses for racing purposes.