POSTSCRIPTS

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 32, 8 February 1933, Page 6

POSTSCRIPTS

Chronicle and Comment

BY PERCY FLAGS

Our chief objection to a sales tax is the certainty that it will mean that the public (as usual) will be "sold. 3' "Billo" wishes to know if the keel of the threatened German dictatorship will .be laid at Kiel or be mislaid elsewhere: ■ * * * NICE KIND OP PINCH. ! America is well in the grip of the depression, but also she- is feeling the pinch of That is to say, the three biggest snuff-producing firms in U.S. paid extra dividends last year. .'..-' . ' *' * . « QUITE A SAFE DISTANCE. '.'" Dear Percy,— Once, again a visitor to these shores, this time Mr. Lyall Willis of London, has knocked General Depresh stone cold. This is how "The Post" sums it upj. A FOBTUNATE COUNTRY NEW ZEALAND WELL OFF. A VISITOR'S IMPRESSIONS. With. Mr. Willis I heartily concur;' New Zealand is well off—l3,ooo mile» away from the Old - Country. . ; O. U. JAMES. ■'..*■ * * ' ADDENDUM. • Dear Percy;— Two more verses te> add to the^. Song of Exchange in yoac eoliimn. last Saturday. Who gave them.small thanks? .We, said, the banks, We gave them no thanks. • Who Taised Old Harry? I, said. Mr. Parry,- . I raised Old Harry. ~> , COCK NEOBIN. • • " ■•' • * *■■ PINE FEATHERS UNMAKE MNE BIRDS. ; - * ■'- Abdul Kadir, son of the ex-Sultan, of Turkey, is not the only artist whoi has come down in the world with'» clatter. Afghanistan's former ruler is in the houses-to-let and-for-sale-racket in Rome,: and the Countess Karoline Cziraky, erstwhile leader of the erstwhile wealthy Habsburg • Imperial aristocracy in . "Vienna and, Budapest, formally applied last month, to the Budapest police for. a licence to- beg in the streets. She. is utterly; destitute. • ■ . « * ♦ ■' . TRY THESE EQUALOGUES. The following equalogues are- trickiei than, usual. They are' constructed on. the following lines: Consonant -}-■ vowels = to pour forth—"eff-use.'.' Now then— _■':. : . (1) Vowel +] consonants = State order. " •••■■■.' (2) Vowel -f- consonant -f- consonant = Greek epic. ■ • . . (3) Consonant -f- consonants == death. (4) Consonant + consonant = .girl's name.' ' :■■' '. (5) Consonant -f- consonant ==s deterioration. • (6) Consonant -f- consonant + -nuni" ber = originate. ■-. * . (7) Consonant -}- vowel -}- consonant' = song of lament. . ~"''.-' (8) Consonant -f- consonant == cpridi* ment. ■ .« ' ,' / ; (9) Consonant -f- vowel -f- consonant = image. '■''"■••. . . ' . - . Now who can clue this lot out? Carmen answers D.B. Will D.B* answer Carmen? (2nd February.) (I) .1 Carmine; 2 paltry; 3_ fanfare; 4 plumage; 5 rather; 6 pinafore. (II) 1 Cabinet; 2 margin; 3 poultry; 4 Auckland; 5. Picton;. 6 Hastings;-7 Seddonj 8 Dunedin; 9 Nelson. '"■-■■ \ ■'-.'"■' CARMEN. ~.*'' - .'.'*. • .■ -■ '; .' THE ALIMENTARY ELEMENT. ' Dear Plage,—"A thousand prisoner* who were pardoned in Bulgaria . . . are begging to be allowed_ to return ttf gaol in preference to destitution in the present icy wjeather."—News item. "It seems to me, Your Majesty, I'd. rather be in prison; I loathe the cold, and never scold the firewood's frantic fizzin.' I do not mind when queued mankind intrudes to view the sinner So long as I can smell the' pie that's destined for my dinner. I'd stay .away, but long's the day begun with, foodless courage; I don't require this pardon, sire; I'd rather-have some purridge. How can I whet' the etiquette you taught, with kindred data? ■- " I did not view one single stew since leaving Alma Mater.-. -3 So take me back! Though, bread ■■be black, and infinitely crumby, It does its bit, I must admit, in filling up the tummy. '•' : . . " The moral here, though fairly clear is yet, a trifle dingy: A flying start to human heart lies ever through the- bingy. - T.P. ■ - . f * sBEIGHTEN UP THE ADS. Could not present day trade be stimulated 'by more arresting advertisements in the Press? One hundred years ago the following ads. are characteristic of those with which - the Sydney Press used to enlighten its pages, and incidentally earn an honest penny. ' •' / ■ v "ABSTRACT OF SALES BY AUCTION THIS DAY.',' "Messrs. , at their mart, at 11 o'clock, 150 dozen kangaroo skins, a. second-hand gig, ship biscuit, babylinen, damaged ironmongery, bottled fruits, castor oil, canary birds Bohemian glass, accordions,. and the effects of a deceased clergyman, comprising robes, etc." v Funerals—Mrs. B—, Undertaker. has removed from, —— to —street and continues to conduct funerals with respectability and solemnity on moderate terms. ■ ■ ... : MEDICAL CONTRACTS—TO THE TRADESMEN OF SYDNEY. A MARRIED Medical Man of long standing and great practical experience in his profession, and who has no intention of leaving the Colony,- is desirous of entering into contracts with a draper, grocer, butcher, baker, and shoemaker to supply them and their families with professional attendance and medicine upon terms of mutual advantage. Private families contracted with upon moderate terms, and the highest testimonials' and references submitted. Address, etc. SLATES! SLATES!! PLATESMI; 10,000 Duchesses, with nails. . 5000 Countesses, slightly damaged. 12,000 Ditto, much ditto. The whole without reserve The local and general news contained the following item:- — Tho Hangman-r-This official • left Sydney yesterday for Bathurst, where work a-.vaits him; from Bathurst he will proceed to Goulburn. v ' . HUGH MERUS. P.S.—These items are taken from fOur Antipodes" (Lieutenant-Colonel G. C. Mundy); published in 1850.