BRIEF MENTION.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XVII, Issue 635, 10 July 1917, Page 4

BRIEF MENTION.

INTELLIGENCE A.N.D HUMOUR

A British' Army. Order places tho Army Cyclist Corp ( s on a, wider basis, organised! in battalions; and companies, and an establishment of officers by ranks baa boon approved.

Uniforms distinguishing between the ranks of flight-lieutenant, flight commander, and squadron-comman-der in the Royal Naval Air Service are to be provided.

Reigato Rural District Council has passed a resolution protesting against young Irishmen being brought over to work at road-Utr-ring.

Having done good service in training camps land 1 in the trenches, HO,OOO pairs of old Army boots were sold by auction on April 19 ai the Commercial Sate 1 Booms, London, K.C.

A detective- hidden under the Communion table of St. Jude’s Chinch, Souihsea, on a recent Sunday, saw the caretaker, Joseph Baldcck, taking money from the olierlory boxes with flattened meat skewers, for which on Monday he was lined Co.

White every superfluous item has been cut out in building standard cargo ships, the living accommodation for ollicers and men is still first class, slangs Sir Leo f hiozzn Money.

'Small (liv'd i-.'.is c.dyd •‘caiMns" or maple 1 peas, are eaten as substitutes for potatoes in i.he north of Knglami. la early limes “carlins'’ were ealen lay everybody' on Carlin or Passion Sunday' 1 h.'V are of light brown colour outside and cream coloured under [ho skin, ami can be rolailed at -Id to (id a pound, less Ilian half the price of beans and peas.

‘.‘Last night my wife and myself had the most foolish squabble of our married career.”

"What was (he snhjeei nf your dispute?” ''How we would invest mir money if we had any.

According to Mr Payne, M.P., in the House of IL-presentaiives, the establishment of two Govenimea' meal shops in Auckland has saved |he people THJ-LOO!) a year. The Mistress, coming downstairs: Bridget, have you bc-eu upstairs and lefi the bedroom door open? Bridget: Oh, no, mum. Oi have net, been up' sine ■ Oi came down-. A Dover brewing linn has pul on Ihe market a sugar substitute in liquid form.

The Govemor-General of the Commonwealth recently inspected 273 Australian nurses who are proceeding to Salonika to take up duty in the four Imperial hospitals which have been established there.

’T told father I loved you more Ilian any girl I've ever met.” "And what did father say?" ‘Tie said to try and meer some more girls."

A lady, writing from British Columbia to a Now Zealand relative, says that (10,000 Chinese coolies recently passed through! there on their way to do forestry work'in France.

A Woodville girl, Miss Flora M'Leaa, is assisting to keep her mother’s bakery business going by taking one of the delivery rounds.

Mother, in the railway carriage; Now. sit still, Johnny, or you’ll have to bo punished when we get home.

Young Hopeful: Mamma, if you punish me I’ll tell the guard.’ my real age., then you’ll have to pay (nil fare."

Mr Massey in Canada visited a technical school which had been established for returned soldiers. In the House last priday ha said I hat something of lie sort would be necessary in New Zealand. Perhaps it would be necessary to provide one such institution in each island.

With reference to the G o’clock closing of liquor bars, Mr Massey said [hat the Government would do the right thing in lie circumstances, ami legislation would be brought down. Officer (to Private Murphy, who has been, ‘‘out there’’ from the beginning): Marching round, were you? Why, you’ve got your bools off? “Yes, sergeant; f look 'em off so’s I wake the hosse’s. According to the London Financial Times, the insurance world wn,s on the whole nuic'h more stable in 1916 than in the preceding year.

Lord Halsbury, during one of his terms of oHice, had occasion to visit a certain lunatic asylum in bis official-capacity. ‘Tin the Lord Chancellor,” he announced to the attendant at the door, The man looked at him curiously for a, moment. “This way, sir,” he said., very firmly; ”‘we ’ave- three more of ’em in "ere 1”

Japan’s mercantile marine con* sisls of 2170 steamships and 9187 sailing vessels. The- total tonnage of the former is 1,704,785 tons, and of. the latter 672,403 tons.

The small boy was being reproved; by his mother. ’‘Why can’t you he good?” she asked, “I'll he good for* a halfpenny,” he' said. “Ah," responded the mother,- ‘‘you Via.nl to he- bribed/ You should copy your, father and be good for nothing” ' ' '