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Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21082, 8 April 1940, Page 2

“There are more autos than bathtubs in the U.S.A. There’s a car for every four persons, but only one bathtub for every six.—Walter Winchell. Two acrobats were married recently. Head over heels in love, of course.

At practically any point about a mile back from either bank of the Suez Canal, spectators are treated to the curious sight of great ships moving silently across a desert of sand—and not a drop of water is to be seen! While this spectacle is almost uncanny, it is easily explained. The banks of the canal are relatively low, and the entire length of the canal is across a desert as flat as the top of a table. Thus from a little distance the canal itself is not in sight; while the hulls, superstructure, and masts of large ships loom as if from the desert itself.