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BY THE WAY.

Some Collections and Reflections. BY ONE OF THE BOYS. An American complains about the monotony of our food. Bored and Residence ? A Lyttelton taxpayer, when asked for his net earnings, said he used only a rod and line. 55 «.♦ Italy is building a car that can do 350 miles per hour. Is Mussolini preparing for his “ get away ? ” A marine scientist found a fish at a great depth that was just a grin At first he mistook it for a film star. Grade Fields, the talkie star, re ceives a salary of £3 a minute. Now' we know what novelette writers mean by “ those golden^moments.” Two American detectives dragged a battered and bruised object before the inspector. “ Waal, chief,” said one, “ I ** u ,? ss we 2°* kra l to confess all right.” “For Pete’s sake, what d'ya mean?” came the reply. “ That’s the guy that’s making the complaint! ” “ Mother, papa wouldn’t murder anybody, would he?” “ Why, certainly not, child. What makes you think so?” “ Well, I just heard him down in the cellar saying, * Let’s kill the other two, George.’ *’ 5S «*• •* The wife of a small farmer in the south sold her surplus butter to a grocer in a nearby town. On one occasion the grocer said, “Your butter was underweight last week.” “Now, fancy that,” said Mrs Farmer. “ Baby mislaid my weight that day, so I just used the pound of sugar you sold me.”

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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20539, 14 February 1935, Page 5

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BY THE WAY. Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20539, 14 February 1935, Page 5

BY THE WAY. Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20539, 14 February 1935, Page 5

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