The Critic

NZ Truth, Issue 1173, 24 May 1928, Page 1

The Critic

TN th 6 maintenance courts we hear a 1 lot about plain-"tiffs." * # * ■ • • . . REFORM jawcus. ■ „ .•#■■." * ■ ■* • MOST flappers make a , brave show. OPTIMISTIC note. Fiver. . .** ■ * ' THE new political party is a mystery. ■*• It is understood that neither 'policy, nor leader has yet been found. ASTHMA kettles or politicians— : both long m the spout. PEE air — at the next elections. * . "■ :» ; * "A SILVER bettor" was the descrip- *^ tion given a bookie. Sounds like the Scotsman who went to kirk. • ...#.■ * * ' LJEENEY felt better after looking, at *. the leopard, so the cables suggest. A few good spots m America, after all. . # * # MEWSPAPER reports that Treasury notes w«re shipped m cases marked "stationery." That's funny. Ours always move — and disappear rapidly. * * * TN New York a bell-boy lived to own ■*■ more hotels than any man m the world. He must have got the right tips when he started off. ' : * * „-' * A MAN named Daniel was caught for ** burglary and sentenced, says an English newspaper. He came to judgment with a vengeknce. - ' • . •.' : -' : ..•-.'■ • -', T TSED to be a case ck "Fast women ■^* and slow horses." j Now it is "Old women on fast horses."/ judging by* the .number .of racjjde laq.ujjrleo. , ' ■* - ■■...".•. ■.■:■■",■■■ ■: 1 -^---.-: .,vi--v -■■•■.