Passing Show

NZ Truth, Issue 1148, 1 December 1927, Page 1

Passing Show

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after six o' clock *' ■ •

MOBODY likes a bad loser, except, " •. . perhaps, his card opponent. , # . -■#•>■--#■•■..

COMB silver: cutlery, was. recently found on a j)avement m a southern,city., Some guest must have forgotten that he had a hole, m his pocket.

'■■■•'. ■•••-■ •' • DAL/D men should join the hair raiser gang. .. \ • .■* .' DUTH ELDER, inters ** viewed, said she wouldn't open her mouth under £ 30,000. MeaJ times and yawns must be pretty costly. ■-..#■■■•■ •. . "D.O. Inefficiency." The mere r mail."

EVERY cloud has its Sidey lining ■ • .- •#■■.: »' # ' •

MISS JESSIE MATTHEWS says we are rapidly becoming a nation of -wax- dolls.' 1 - Scarcely. Things can get pretty hot before we would- irielt away. -, . ■ * ■ ■ ™ •"TWENTY burglaries m Feilding." , *\Must be very .progressive, seeing that such a lot of shops are being opened. ELECTRIC hares could not give us more shdcks than many horse races do. . • \» . # r^i^mw^wm*&x cry - jaA " " ture cannot always save his race. •■# • • NEWSPAPER heading: "Drunk who grew tired." There ia many a step grows lighter coming home. *. * * DIVORCE Court \ Judges should not smoke because fchey act such a >ot of dud matches m the box.' . .• • ■'. ' '■'• .; ■ "•.:■ COMB people axe full of tricks, but " never play them. • :•. # ' # A LOT of- people get very' upset the way some motorists drive. .■■■.#■; # •'-■■■ "FORMIDABLE Drive:" Yes, we've * heard of drunken motorists before. ■••••. # _• W ■ •■. COME wrestlers are apt to bite off a bit mbre than they can ch&w. . • ■ * ■ * ■ ■*■■.' . • ■■'-••. TP life is hard there is always "satis- *■' faction m the fact that a railway refreshment sandwich is harder; >>'•- ■ * ■ • •.••;. ■■■:.;■■ .• ■/ DIGGING is supposed to be one of \the healthiest pastime^ 'We "nave never heard of golfers^iving^ longer than anyone else, though. ' • ■ * •■■■*■/•.- :--i :*■■"'■: ' A RECENT winner of first prize. In Tatts. received nine offers of marriage. He's not going m for any more lotteries— yet. IF bowling is a dry game you pever hear bowlers complaining. : #„:■. „* . ;■■.#•"' CROCKS, this year, are to be a "little *■ . longer. Husbands are hoping women will wear their hats longer, too. BARBERS are, riot m favor, of tin hairs. ; . " THE rainy season is supposed to come '•*■ m cycles, but the last issue must have come m charabancs. . " '•',''' ■ '*■' ■■■ "• •♦' •■ '' AN observer says he^ notices that a *"* great, number of clergymen make carpentering^ their hobby.. Well, they're always joining. > ' * ' v # - ' • ' A POEM has been written on the tin hare. This, apparently, is the first organised attack on. the sport., • ••■ •. ■ ♦ ' A MAN who stole from a shop m the ** north 1 is described as short.. That Is probably why he stdle. :• ' ' • , # * "THE human touch:" "Can yer spare A a deener for a meal, mate?" • ■* ■ *• •*■ W/HEN a man says he lias progressed " by sheer push, we know the kind of motor-car he means. • ■ ■,*■•.-,#;. TN cave man days 'it -was a Question of A love at first smite. '- : ■ • # ;7 # -.. ,:*.. ■ . . THE play "Rain" is to be filmed. We *■ can supply any local atmosphere. ■ ■ * ■ ♦ ' *•.". TT is said that a bank-note m com--1 mon and frequent usage "should not last six months. "Critic's" notes do not last" over the week-end.. ' ' PICTURE announcement . (Auckland) : f "Mixed, audienqes prohibited by order pf the New Zealand Censor." Evidently a picture no censor could saint. v. ■ , •■ • • ■■•••.' .;■•••■ . ■ .■ . TT'S " distressing the number of people ■*•' that- look on the sui-side of life. < TP the tin hares come to New Zealand A it will just be «a matter of course. TF our Members of Parliament give 1 themselves an increase of pay we can speak of our "golden orators." ' • # ■•■•.■■ MEWSPAPER captions , ' "A . Bride- ■ groom Detained." Another sentence of Reformative Detention. - #'■•••■'• # THE Ghost Train. Picton to Blen--1 heim; full of thrills. • *= # THE South African footballers ought 1 to b^e all light m the Van,