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Thames Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 17926, 30 June 1930, Page 6

j •■■, A good story, concerning Mr P. Verschaffelt, Public Service Commissioner, who lias just been created a CM.G. It was in the days when feeding, by. motorists on the H<utt road soon after it was put down in bitumen' was -vfery prevalent. IMr Verschaffelt was driving along at a speed which attracted the attention of the.traffic inspector, who stopped the car and demanded, "Name, please." "P,aul Traffic inspector (struggling with his note book): "How do you spell' it?" Mr Verschaffelt again spelt out his name, adding, "an acute 'e', please." "Er—what?" was reply. After a further attempt at* explanation by the Public Service Commissioner, the traffic inspector ended the incident by remarking: "'Er, mister, you had better go away home." Mr Verschaffelt went on his way convinced that after all there was something in a name. ' .

v It was m the .barber's shop the \ other day when Green came in. Old Green is as bald as a bladder of lard. "Bair cut, sir?" said the barber/ | who was a bit of a wag. "Oh, no!"; said Mr Green, sarcastically. "Please part it down the mid- ' die, make a bun at the back, and tie it all up with a pale blue ribbon!" "NEVER AGAIN," SAID CHARLIE. Charlie went tn play golf and was ieized with cdttghing. Cough; cough, and he could, not play a stroke. ELe ha<i leffeihis Pulmonas at home, so he jest had to continue,coughing because