BY THE WAY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18961, 7 January 1930, Page 9

BY THE WAY.

SOME COLLECTIONS AND REFLECTIONS. (By One of the Boys.) A man coming up from Dunedin asked why the express was late. “Well,” said the guard, “the train ahead is behind, and we were behind before besides.” We now know what a friendly bowl* < ing match means. , *'♦ i If it is found eventually that. the ] human frame is a w r ireless receiving f station, will the Government try to col- j lect a license fee from all hands? 1 :: :: :: , Two youths who appeared at the Magistrate’s Court this morning will ' have to face nearlv fifty charges, al- ' though the police preferred only one ' against them to-day. It is hoped by i Court habitues that all the. other ( charges will be proceeded with in their , order of public favouritism. tt Vt Lords Beaverbrook and Rothermere’s chatter Is described as “mad hatter.” Their policies economic Strike Mr Lansbury as comic. Modern Eve V - All sorts of adventures will achieve. Whether sober-sides or jazz-hards, They’ll undertake all sort of hazards. North Beach they say has a shark That prowls around just before dark. Two young fellows swimming Ran, fearing a trimming, But the dark shark thought it a lark. Business firms in the city are absorbing a certain number of juveniles, but this does not mean that the juveniles become absorbed in their business.