One Coupon

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 83, 20 June 1944, Page 7

One Coupon

There is always a right answer to everything, but most of us ahvays recall the. right answer at the wrong moment, when it is too late. A waitress in a well-known Wellington restaurant, however, appears to have the knack of thinking of the right answer at the right moment, A customer sat himself down and ordered a plate ol soup. He. told the waitress what he thought of it. I,t was pretty poor stuff in his. Estimation. He ordered a plate of tongue and salad. This, too, did not come up to expectations. The waitress said nothing in quite a pleasant manner. The customer topped off with a glass of malted milk. Halfway through he felt some foreign body in his mouth, and eventually produced a dead fly. "I've got a complaint," he said. "'There's a fly in my milk shake." "That will be one coupon, please," said the. waitress. Coal Consumption Figures showing the increased consumption in New Zealand were, quoted last week by the Minister of Mines, the Hon. P. C. Webb. I-Ic said that since 1936 the amount used by gasworks had increased 30 per cent, and that required for the production of hydro electric power had increased 862 per cent. Consumption of coal by the railways had increased 50 per cent, that by nvNit freezing works 41 per cent, by lime and cement works 61 per cent, and by miscellaneous, industries 83 per cent. In addition to these increases the mines had to meet an annual demand of approximately 100,000 tons for military camps, hospitals and institutions. Since early in 1943 no coal whatever had been received from Newcastle, Australia.