The Critic

NZ Truth, Issue 1189, 13 September 1928, Page 1

The Critic

"UUMOROUS Crooks."—"Thanks for 1 * that 20 years! Ha! , Ha!. Ha!" ...•#.'- ' : ' *. . ''-■ '..*'■■.■.■ "W7OMEN'S . .Conference.—D|lscussion ■ at Hawaii."^—They- take place wherever women confer.! *; . •'' "''■' * :'■''■.'' .'* ,'v^' ' *• : TF the fact that the' Salvation Army recently staged a mourning parade for Auckland's "damning sins" is in^ eluded; m the- Queeh City'sypublicity literature for, tourists, .some record business is certain! 1 ■■'••'..■.■•'# .■.;. ;#. ■

TPHERE was a native feast, at. which 400-('we're; fed,; 'during- recent Hawaiian.'celebrations.' • Obviously, a tribute to Cook. V . - ,' '■ ■•-.• '"■*;-■ :^'::/'»':::-';..:;'-*..::. '■ ■■ TT takes a fellow sometimeto get the x ' hang of Dunedih trams.' " F- ' ■ '.'' • ':■■■" :#;'•■' '■.;■* ■ ■■'. ■ books, men square their jaws when they find themselves m tight corners; m ' real life, they "square" their! juries. v ■.-.'''- ■■.'.-., .. •. • .•;. .# -...' '■■■•'■■• ■■. -„ -■»,■•,'. "PRITIC" really thinks that the Purity • League should do something about these popular song writers. First, there was "The Prisoner's Song," then "The Prisoner's Sweetheart," now there is "The Prisoner's Child. 1" What .next? .•••*' : '*■■..-.■ '. * * •■■■;■' MODERN China, .aims •at a modern 7 navy.—This attempt to be numbered, .among the peaceful nations of the earth is very pleasing. • .■ . . * '.--■# ■...-. * ■.;■ ■ ' CTATED that it is well for a bride to shed tears on her wedding day, to bring good luck.—At any' -'rate, it will be gobd practice.. , ■■•' ■■• ■'••■.' . # •.■;.■'#■; ,■. *.--.■■. ;

TWO men who.were found m a bar • last week-.epd could offer no lawful excuse for their presence. The police certainly had them "wet." ■ .■'.-.■ ■•• . * ■■•''■ ■.•■♦■ "TT takes': a long time for a country to gro\y centenarians," says a contemporary. "VV^ell, it can't; be done under a hundred years, anyway. , / THERE is nothing new about the 1 powdered coal which some British ships have adopted for .fuel. 'Any traveller' on the- New: Zealand railways knows it,has been m use here, for years. ■ -.■'- ■■*,■--■ ■"•'<*■■•■•■ '■'•"/■•. ;--;..:" ■ POMPLAINED that New^, Zealanders '. have not developed an ''air" conscience. Flappers, decline , to. believe that this is g, 'plane nation. . . "■ : ■... ,#..:.'.; :.'•#.;■/■.' .'.■•• • .*■ ' ■■■' '■■ '■.. "ALL games have their moments of rt anguish," a writer, declares. Dodging the Income Tax Department is a case m point; . '\ : ■"■'*' '' '.*■ ■ ■ ■■*.'■■■ '■'■ ■ "THOSE; striped poles that the bar--1 bers' put outside their shops used to mean that the public,could be bled there," says a writer. We have pleasure m assuring him that the meaning: hasn't changed, ' ' '