BY THE WAY.
SOME COLLECTIONS AND REFLECTIONS. (By One of the Boys). This visit of King Amanullah is verv Interesting, but it is to be hoped it floes not turn the heads of English people, or we shall have a lot of ■Amanullah Smiths and Browns being christened. Slotted wings, unfortunately, are useful only in aeroplane crashes'. We ll •till have fallen angels. A prominent Labour politician here refused to comment on the Zinovieff letter, except to say that it hasn’t caused half as much fuss as the letter he forgot to pest for his wife. Prosecuting counsel said vesterdav that some milk which went blue in an hour had not been cooled. But why didn t the defence claim that it went blue with the cold? X 38 SC Melbourne racing authorities are once more lamenting the lack of stayers. They should see some of the trotters I backed at Brighton. They’re guaranteed to stay all day—at "the post. Any barman fraudulently attempting to manipulate his bowser pump is hereby warned that the penalty is a life sentence at Paparua.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18419, 22 March 1928, Page 9
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