QUITE UPSET

NZ Truth, Issue 1185, 16 August 1928, Page 3

QUITE UPSET

It W£s Certainly: A Capping Night(From "k.Z.- Truth's" 'Dunedfn Rep.} Some 1 day Sydney Wallacef;Jeffcoate Harbett hopes to see his name flashing on a braes- plate at the front gate',. and)v a red night lamp directing sufferers to. the; surgery, but, for the meantime he. is merely 'a student. . r . ,; . . v .' TO. provide a little variety/ in life when *■ the dully cares of swot were laid aside, Harbett and two colleagues invested m a Ford. ; v .; The old tub', foe it, said, was a [pretty shaky affair^ and when 1 it became entangled irf'tlie hectic backwash of the 1928- capping -ceremonies 4t worked overtime...;., V '■ ■;' .;, ■ With its , joint proprietors iahd two girl; friends .aboard, it groaned along Victoria. Road under the excess of ■ human cargo, and, as they; were turning a corner^. Harbett, who was at the wheel; failed to steer clear of a heap of lupins 6n ; the .sid^ of the road. When the curtain 'went up- for ' the next act, thetv/o girl friendsV were under Liza whose capricious behavior had culminated m her [throwing a complete seven m Vie- > toria Road. I >. ' ; This little incident led to' the appearr ance of Harb'ett'lin the .Dunedin ' City police Gourt' to .'answer a charge of reckless driving. Senior - sergeant Quartermati told- the, magistrate that it was not' a serious case.f .The defendant had already been mulcted-' m heavy expenditure '.as the girls i^ad both to receive medical'attenn. tiori at-.the hospital, while the 'car was so extensively damaged that it would •ifbt tie' much further use; ' , ■ ' ': , ; : A further/ thirty sHillings was added by;the magistrate to the already heavy' bill . of expenses;, incurred i r by'' Harbett and Co.. on '(japping ' night; v.. ;/ ■ : /;,:£ ■ • ■ i •.' ■ • v ; ' . . -*^^— .;■;'. l- •••,'■'■'•' I-, 1 .:.. HOW THAT CHILI),. POES vCJOUGH! Be wise; mother, arid take his ;cpld m time. ■ k Give him Pulmonas, tb^e pleasant, remedy, and he'll soon be weir'again. Pulmonas ..quickly soothe the- chest arid;, throat, allayijig irritation. ' Instant relie.f . f or coughs, colds/ and, 'flu, bronchitis, etc. Eul- 1 mona^ Is, 6d. . and '2s. 6d: ' from all chemists.* -■.■'.• ' . '■',> •.■':'•• '-.: ;. f '. ' ■