NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2861, 21 March 1925, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES.

Serious results sometimes come from simple causes, a fact that, has been brought home to a well-known Wanganui resident, says an exchange. Recently he had a dangerous illness, and the cause was directly traced to a couple of peaches which lie ate. It appears that some time previously the. peach trees had been sprayed with a poisonous preI oration. This instance should be a lesson to others. This is an old story, but if is going the rounds in Britain again, and is far too good to miss. “The lady had lost her husband and had given instructions to the stonemason as to the wording on the tombstone, the ending to be “Rest in Peace.” In the meantime her late husband’s will disclosed the fad that she had been somewhat shabbily treated. She rushed round to the stonemason and fold him to omit the words “Rest in Peace.” “I’m very sorry,” he replied, “hut they have already been carved. “Oh, well,” said the irate lady, “add ‘Until we meet again!”’ In the course of his day’s duty, a (■oustable'is called upon to do many bttle acts of which the general public is ignorant. Recent lv a member of the Nelson force was appealed o by a damsel in distress to go to a Chinese laundry and get Dad’s washing. The ticket had been lost, ~ud (he Celestial smiling blandly,

! informed her that “no tickee. M> washee.” “John” handed over he weekly washing on the assnran•c that the articles were the property of the party concerned.