BY THE WAY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18888, 14 October 1929, Page 9

BY THE WAY.

SOME COLLECTIONS AND REFLECTIONS.

(By One of the Boys.)

She was only a miner’s daughter, but she had natural resources. At last some degree of unanimity has been reached over the Square lay-out. It is reported that both Mr Archer and the Tramway Board are willing to drop the whole affair. & 2$ IJ P. C. Fender, writing to the papers at Home, suggests that Jack Hobbs the famous cricketer, should be knighted. I suppose the article was headed appropriately “ Fender on Hobbs/* The greatest trouble about selecting our cricket teams seems to be selecting those who will do the selecting. :: I pointed our accountant out to the wife when we were up town to-day. “ Well, I am surprised,” she said. ‘‘What a small man. I always understood accountants were chosen for their figures/* These automatic telephones are wonderful things. They seem almost human in their ability to give wrong numbers. “ Don’t worry,” said the young motorist on Sunday, “that traffic cop can’t tag us for speeding.” “ Have you got a pull at the City Council?” “No, I haven’t got any license plates.” Little Algernon: Mamma, what is a litter? Mamma: A litter is a contrivance that injured persons are carried on. Little Algernon: Just to think of puppies coming in a thing like that! M 5$ So to-morrow is your wedding anniversary. What do you expect to get for your wife? I don’t know. I haven’t had any offers. An amusing story of a fire inquiry in America was told by an insurance manager this morning. The jury had returned after considering its verdict. “ Wal, gentlemen, good and true,” said the Coroner, “ have you arrived at a verdict?” “Yes we have right here,” answered the foreman. “We find that this fire was caused by the friction of a thousand dollar policy against a five hundred dollar house.” He: “You are the most beautiful girl I’ve ever seen! I long to hold you in my arms, to caress you, to kiss your eyes, your hair, your lips—to whisper in your ear. ‘I love you! ’ ” She: “Well, I guess it can be arranged.”