BY THE WAY
Sonic new ‘‘howlers” by school children arc given in the ‘‘University Correspondent” : ‘.‘The sun -never sets on the British Empire because the British Empire, is in the east and the sun sets in the west. "The Minister of War is the clergyman who preaches to soldiers in the oavracks. ‘‘Alfred the Great started a Chronicle and this still exists as a morning newspaper. ‘•The King wore a scarlet rolx> trimmed with vermin. “In the eighteenth century travelling was very romantic; most of tho highroads were only bridal paths. ‘‘Algebraical symbols are used when I you don’t know what you arc talking about.’’ ‘‘The mechanical advantage of 'ii long pump-handle- is that you can have someone to help you pump, “Artificial perspiration is what you make a person alive with when they arc only just dead.” “Ambiguity means telling tho truth when you don’t want to.”
A well-known wonmn snys “KvcryIkklv’s Magazine” is :i famous Airs Main-prop ns-regards her speech.
“And wliafc in France” asked a friend, “did you enjoy most, Mrs “Well, I think,” said the Indy “it was the French pheasants singing the Mavonnnise.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 8 March 1928, Page 4
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