BY THE WAY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18186, 20 June 1927, Page 9

BY THE WAY.

SOME COLLECTIONS AND REFLECTIONS. (By One of the Boys). First taxi-driver (to second taxidriver) : “ I ain’t seen much of old I lately." Second taxi-driver: “ Oh, the police are interrogatin’ him." 55 25 25 The police ought to have soon cleaned up the Burwood mystery with all the scrub and the broom about. The Department of Health contri buted a column comparing the human body to that of a building. That accounts for the fact that some are flats. I went to a dance on Saturday and I beg to state that the girls seem to wear the same sort of clothes to keep them warm in winter as they wore to keep them cool in summer. I’m beginning to realise what Dad meant when he used to say that a thing was a Chinese puzzle. Regardless of how often we are told about it, the news that there is a Mrs Mussolini always comes as a surprise. 55 55 Americans gan’t understand why they should be so unpopular in China. China doesn’t owe them anything. Lowe: “The doctor says I’ve got to have my appendix, tonsils and adenoids taken out and a piece of bone removed from my nose.” Crowe: “ Gosh, you won’t have much left, will you? " _ >t Lowe: “Not a penny in the world.’ 25 It’s getting to be a pretty small town that doesn’t have the largest picture palace in the world. 55 2*5 35 New Zealand deserve a win against Durham, but all the same it will be a victory without Merritt. Canterbury Canned. Socked at Soccer. Knocked by the K^nucks. Mussolini welcomed di Pinedo and stood aside till the airman had greeted his wife, says the cable. ft So when he shows ordinary good manners it is thought sufficiently noteworthy to cable the news all round the world. The Canadians are reputed to train on cocoa. I don’t know what Westland trained on, but I don’t think it was cold tea. The Marquess of Winchester says that English university and public school men should enter the retail trade. We’re heard of trading in titles before. 35 33 35 Any person. may be ordered to leave Samoa if the administration is satisfied the person is disaffected, disloyal, or likely to be a source of danger to the peace, order and good government of the country. Shocking waste of space. They ought to delete all words after “Samoa.” 25 25 2*2 A well-known official of the P. and T. Department was rudely aroused - from his slumbers by the ringing of the telephone. After bruising his knee on a chair, he reached the phone. “ Hello,” he growled. “ Are you an official of the P. and T. Department? ” asked the voice. “ Yes, what can I do for you? ” “ Tell me,” said the voice, “ how it feels to get out of bed at two o'clock on a frosty morning to answer a wrong number.”