CHUCKLES IN STARLAND.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20541, 16 February 1935, Page 22 (Supplement)

CHUCKLES IN STARLAND.

NO NEED ! A shoemaker hung a new sign outside his shop and then wondered what passers-by found so amusing. His sign ran as follows: “ Don’t go elsewhere to be cheated. Walk in here! ” EXPLAINED. Daddy (anxiously looking at his watch) : “ I can’t think why this watch is stopped. It must want cleaning.” Joan: “No, it doesn’t Daddy. I gave it a good wash yesterday.” TRUE. Molly: “Look at that aeroplane. Isn’t it going quickly?” Tony: “Yes; it is simply flying.” ' A SHARP ANSWER. Teacher: “I place fifteen pennies in my pocket and lose ten. What have I left in my pocket?” Dick: “A hole.” MORE ABOUT PITCAIRN ISLAND. Dear Aunt Hilda, —Mr Jokebox is lucky to be able to go on such an interesting tour. He is showing us life and interesting places in other towns. We also have been to ‘Pitcairn Island on the way home from England. We have two or three thick greyish-coloured shells, about half an inch thick and four inches square, with paintings in them. Also a basket made from a coconut with a flax handle. It is very highly polished ad has a really lovely painting on it. We have a fan made from twisted bamboo, which is very pretty, and two or three strings of grey, brown and white shells and seeds. Starlet Eileen Smith (Opawa). THE KANGAROO JIG-SAW. 1 o try everything is the way to earn marks, isn’t it? For very neat solutions of the kangaroo puzzle the following members are each awarded half a mark. Do you remember how much the halves and quarters counted last year?—A.ll. Verna Bright, Jack Payne, Paulene Matthews. Brenda Payne, Dorothy and Teddy King, Kathleen Turner. Alan Welsh, Anne Maclean, Edith Worrall.