Oar Contemporaries

NZ Truth, Issue 1179, 5 July 1928, Page 6

Oar Contemporaries

-♦ — ■■ "Taranaki Herald": ". . . She was taken m hand by a friendly constable, who took her inside the totalisator house, where the dividend was paid out of slhotfgii?^?" The last word shows how "frjendly" the constable Was. *■- * ** "Dannevirke Evening News": "Born at County Cork, Ireland, In 1948 he was educated at Dublin and Salamanca (Spain) Universities. He was ordained a priest ih 1869. ' No wonder they cannot solve the Irish problem. The man is not yet born who could do a thing like this. *. * * "Taranaki Daily News": "Mrs. _, — — , of Auckland, came badly dented and having som* heavy couplings snapped off. m for special praise from all the passengers for her work after the crash.' Indeed, the lady is to be congratulated for her heroic work under such physical disadvantages. * * * "Evening Post": _ "Lady has vacancy, Young Man, full board, share room, Tinakori-rd." Lady, be good! -■*. *7 # * "Dominion": "The engineer has now to^ decide whether it Would be better to continue the filling, and make Everton Terrace a adsldro iomhmhfqiy-SJ(4(Bofrfoyt?R.| The consensus of local opinPom is that this road would be better as it is, thanks. *# ' * "Woodville Examiner": "150 s.m. ewes m lamb to b.f. rams. 40 m.s. Romney lambs 14 b.f. lambs . 20 m.a. . ewes m lamb to b.f. rams. 5 Jersey weaner heifers . "Tom Mix" at the Palace Pictures on Saturday night. 15 Jersey cross heifers." It wouldn't be Tom Mix unless he found himself- among the animals. « #'.-'■ * "Timaru Herald": "Mr Thomas said that he did not think anyone present couTd say that the kick was deliberate. In his opinion, the ball £t thi*?' time was m Coxhead's head." A brainy player. *# • # "Waipukurau Press" : "Mr. Kent is a New Zealander, having been -born at Thames, and following upon a varied career m outside life, at 332 years of age concentrated his attention upon the study of law." 1 Welli we all like a trier.