BY THE WAY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18579, 29 September 1928, Page 2

BY THE WAY.

SOME COLLECTIONS AND REFLECTIONS. (By One of the Boys.) Coming out of his club one day, a certain unpopular and inquisitive member observed that there was a new porter in the hall. “Ah, my man,” he said in a loud voice, “your face? seems •very familiar to me. Where have I seen you before?” “I couldn’t say, I’m sure, sir." “Where were you before you came here?" persisted the member. The porter coughed delicately. “I was a warder at Paparua, sir.” Some old folk are in the way and some still have a little property to divide. A he-man is one big enough to endure his wife’s bossing without feeling resentful. There are just two classes: Those who make more money than you think they do, and those who make less than you think they do. I’ll admit being a Bolshevik. ±6 this extent—l also am short of funds. With the Mayor, the deputy-mayor and five councillors all out' on the hustings the affairs of this fair city will soon have an opportunity of looking after themselves. . 95 « I have christened my car Waikouaiti because, owing to a failure to stop when entering the garage—or what used to be the garage-—lt will also “be laid up indefinitely." jj «.» j.j _ "Many a red nos© is due to Indigestion," said Mr Justice Frazer in Auckland. True, brother, true, but tell me, what is the cause of a perpetually ary throat ? * 95 And so they are going to grant monopolies in Russia. Now, how do Communists share equally in a monopoly? Give the answer to four places of decimals.

25 SC S 3 v Last night I tols my wife that the seamen had held up the Waikouaiti and she wanted to know if they could hold up the Waimakariri if it should flood.

Granddad was fighting wild yesterday. The children had a holiday from school to see the aeroplane leave, and granddad could not say a word about remembering distinctly seeing the first machine arrive—about 1852.