HUMOROUS INCIDENT

Waikato Independent, Volume XXIV, Issue 3225, 29 May 1924, Page 6

HUMOROUS INCIDENT

A LADY SCORES. At the Palmerston North Competitions a day or two ago, the president of the, executive (Mr Oram) in referring to the impending impromptu speeches had a sly dig at the judge (His Worship the Mayor) for his choice of such a provocative subject as “Is a man justified in losing his temper when his wife is spring cleaning?” (Laughter and applause). The boomerang came back however quite innocently when a lady competitor in tin* Impromptu speech (Miss Aitcliesou, the winner) had spoken for three minutes. The chairman (Mr Oram) rang the bell. Miss Aitcliesou had been making some very telling points against the benedicts, and brought the house down when she turned to the chairman and asked pointedly: “ Have you had enough?”