Overheard in a Bus

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 63, 15 April 1946, Page 5

Overheard in a Bus

Entering a bus at the Auckland city terminal a boy who had hardly reached school age was observant enough to notice on the floor of the vehicle a comb from which many teeth were missing. Without comment he immediately picked it up and walked from the back seat to hand his find over to the driver. On rejoining his mother the boy was told: “Anything you find in the bus, dear, give it to the driver . . . unless it is a pound note, and then give it to mummy.”

Genuine Horse Enthusiast It is interesting to recount that one of the happiest owners at Saturday’s Race Meeting at Te Teko was Mr P. A. Cuft, the owner of Pasa Roubles which won the Jumpers Flat Race. Mr Cuft who lives at Te Kowhai is over 70 years of age and on receiving a phone call at 11 p.m., to the effect that he was to go to Te Teko, he caught his 14 year old horse and had it shod at midnight, left home in the early hours and rode 30 miles to Morrinsville where he despatched his horse by float and then himself followed by service car. His wife’s parting shot as he left the gate on that memorable morning was “There go two old I crocks off together.”