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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 88, Issue 96, 24 April 1944, Page 4

SANDY’S CORNER TALL KINGS. The two tallest kings in history df tradition be true, were probably Charlemagne and Maximinus of Rome". The former was over eight feet high and so strong that with thumb and fingers he could straighten three horseshoes at once. Maximinus, the Roman Emperor, was eight feet six inches, and incredible stories of his physical strength are told by ancient historians. DEAD OR ALIVE. Help was wanted at a soda fountain, one ol the sidelines of practicallv every pharmacy in the United States. A sign appeared outside the pharmacy:—“Soda Fountain Clerk Wanted. Man or Woman. Full or Part 'J ime." Two davs later the proprietor hopefully added the words "Experienced or Inexperienced." Two days later some thoughtful passw-bv had pencilled in an addition: “Dead or Alive.” ' OH, BLOW' , A business-man in Darwin had satisfied a lifelong ambition by buying an expensive barometer which had been sent all the way from Sydney. Eagerly he unwrapped it: and was disgusted to find ihe needle stuck firmly at "Hurricane.” After shaking it vigorously in a vain attempt to get it working Tight, he sat down and wrote a very stuffy letter to Sydney and w ent straight out and posted it. When he returned his house was gone and the barometer with it. THOSE TRAMS ! We have a lot of time for the trams, especially when it rains and on days when we feel tired, ’t hey also serve us well in these days of little petrol, scarcity of oil, a reduced meat ration, not as much butter as we would like, and more taxation than we can stomach. But the trams become a hateful nuisance when they butt into happenings in our beloved Avenue. Yesterday was an example—people trying to sing hymns while a notable memorial tablet was dedicated. Along came the trams, and . . . well we leave it to you who were not present to imagine what they did. Surely somebody not necessarily the trams themselves. could pre-arrange a little cooperation. All it wants is a little thought beforehand, and we would I hen be able to say to the world that Wanganui trams are always good—never bad. As it is . . . well.