WITHOUT PREJUDICE.

Thames Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 17925, 28 June 1930, Page 5

WITHOUT PREJUDICE.

NOTES BY "CAMEO."

The trouble about conquering the - air is that man must keep on doing,.it. * * ''.'•.. * ■' Thought for to-day—What doth it profit a party to be in power' if it isn't in control? '■'• * ' • • A motoring writer says motorists in this country run ino hundreds- of'', thousands. Why aren't they more careful? ' '•' * * •.. <* Motorists beware! In Ncrth Carolina recently a negro r.m ■ fconi be-" hind a tramcar into a motor -ear and , without damage to himself,, •.fnoiked off ia doer handle with his hena. Js*S the day of the pedestrian- ■ coming at last? - .■.-,.'•■ :/< : .~ . • ' • •'-■"• •. •. ■ News from an American weekly:—v "At Auckland . (New Zealand) one ; 'Wizard 'Smith,' racing a motor car '; at 148.607 miles per . hour .along ;• Ninety Mile Beach, bashed into* seven : large sea birds, killed them and was ;' nearly blinded by one which he-hit/, with his face.": .'At'-' half-past three last Saturday afternoon the shortest day had comeo;-!, and gone, the sun turned in., its ward swing over the equator, and, 'ber-"*-gan to or.eep back toward the south. Every day it will set later and' later :;; now, every day. it will get impercep- m tibly warmer;- ey.eiy day it will mount" higher and, higher-in the sljpsj until ; , when we forgotten it all ' summer will be here. When the' sun turns back in the south it does the •.,, reverse in the Northern Hemisphere. ; j * . ■•' ' • .''•■■-..•■

The Southlfind! Presbytery ha s .hit >, the roof about-the recent art unions. ' Disgraceful, demoralising, etc. Yes, 1 ■' know. That's how 1 felt when my ''";.<] ticket didn't come home first last : time. ' ' | '"''*"■.■*' '■'■*•'■'.'* r' " She * held the diamond between ';, trembling fingers and stared at the.> man before her. What should she do?. ','.' Should she .cast it from her or—or would, it be better to reconsider? The minutes crept by. What would } ho- s,ay? ' What might he dp? She shuddered and draw a long breath. Yes! She must do at. There was. no escape! Blindly she shut her i eyes and tossed the, diamond on*the table in front of her. It. was done! And then she -heard her partner's deep; v m sigh', of relief as he "gathered up the ';•.■; trick.. -.-, -;T.r- ; " -?':< C *■ ' * ''"•.••■ •.'■ '*' ■' -\c Mr. Baxter, is said'to have luien „* asked why he didn't play a wmgforward in the British team, : and ;tr i alleged ,to , have replied .that Jj& o wrongs often make a riot. * *•;• '? * .'-.'■ '* : "We owe a lot to our country,'' says a politician/. And the income tax authorities make sure ,we pay it.. *' * • ■ ' :♦ •*:;■.' The professor suddenly fired a ques- ; tion at the dreamer of the claSs,, whoi-- >, was not paying attention, and the student answered vaguely and at length. '; . ; '-..•• "That,"-said the professor sarcaftir cally, when he had finished, "is as clear as mud." '.',.' .'.-. , "Yes, sir," : replied, the student..;. "That covers the ground doesn't it?'? '. • •■.''•■*.- ' *■ ' When oppressed bymany difficulties' think of, Jonah. He got out all .right. ■':•'.''.".■•.' ••-'''.' ..' • :■■ • •■■.-■ •• - When the preacher said,. "Give us all-pure hearts, give* us all clea.n. hearts, give us all sweet hearts,^. the entire"ooiigregatipn said "Amen." • • •-, ■ * ' * .". A man ordered two sandwiches at ; a railway refreshment room. >\«!• you eat them .hero or take them with, you?" asked the attendant. Botli, replied the man. * •'■-■.'••-. ''' r *:h Good seats for the Test,£«*<*■ jri;.:■; Auckland: are .£1 e,aeh. The tame ~ poet launches out with:— Sing a song o'' sixpence, ~-.■'' A bob or eighteen penceHalf the population „. • Packed inside the fence. Tune it to a dollar v And the fans will scrap along— Enthusiasm triumphs, as The inclination's strong. ' But when the game is started . And those inside.are few,' With seats a blanky quid apieceWell, what's a bloke to do? •"• • '• . :'* An employer spent a great deal or money to ensure that his employees . should work under the very test con-, ditions, and he consequently expected ; a great output of work. One day he called a'meeting of the , men and told them exactly how much he had sl>ent oh the improvements to. the works and' hoped they were all satisfied. ''•'Further," he stated, "1 -I want to se e every, man performmgri his duty cheerfuiiy, and therefore. 1 .; invite you to nlace any further suggestions in a "box provided-for purpose in the foreman's office.. A week Later the box was presented to the employer, who opened it and . took out a slip of paper on which., , was written: "Don't.wear rubber soles]" ■' ■ . :