The Critic's Wink

NZ Truth, Issue 1206, 10 January 1929, Page 6

The Critic's Wink

"THE hazard-school is the wharfie's para-dice. . . v ■ * • • . .*■■■■ DUMORED that Melbourne athletes *> are not encouraged to visit New Zealand because they can't help beating the pistol. ' . * -..,-.■ -.•■ " ■ ..•= ■ '■■ TTHE height of flapper fashion is the '■*■ bare lim(b)it. • - • • ;'■. ■■- ' MELBOURNE'S new vaudeville stepdance song: "I-te-Italy-I-tee. bomb-bomb." * .- * * ; "W/ORLiD'S NEWS" says that Henry *V VIII. started the first tennis court m London. Henry's "love games" were the deuce. ' . *. * • • *' ■ ■ :-■■ DAILY papor: "Conscience makes many cowards." Does this explain the courage of lawyers? * # * EXPERIMENTS are being carried out '" with smokeless fuel. Will probably end m smoke. * « *

A GERMAN scientist suggests ithat it is possible to make human food 4w™ n-niu) This is ■' ;

>J ■ \ THE "gag" has been abolished m the *■ New South Wales gaols, but it is '■yet doing service m Parliament. #/.'#■" * TYAHjY paper: "There is an epidemic U of twins." Divorce is the cure for that epidemic. . ■ * ■»•■,.•■• "CUN": "Many cruelties are practised "on horses." "Well, they don't make them fast, anyhow. . • ■ # . . ■ # * . • ■ • "OtlN": "This woman hat business t$ 9 hard to understand." Yes, it goes to the head. ■■;■■.■«.' * .( ' * ■ARTIFICIAL, silk is now being made ™ from sawdust. Probably from, ther* silky oak. •.■'.•■ .'■■■•# * * ••:■..■•"■" REV. E. T. RUT?!: "Man reaps , what ' he sows.". Unless, of course, he ? is an amateur gardener. ■ ■'.■. '.....* ■ ; ■ * ■•■ ' * • ■ " . . : WHEN ladies' dresses are fastened with nuts and bolts they will rivet attention. ■'."* * ■*.■'•■ - :

CCEENTISTS are looking closely into "^ the potential motive power of -coal, shale, lignite, and

where the Australian beef -wood tree is a starter. ' A LOT of fans are playing their cricket on ( the hearth. # ■:* \ ■ THE very latest

* man "to see, touch, and talk with the dead"- is ii>. oVrnVoerifinriflTl

actor, Sir Frank R. Benson. But for centuries every actor has seen the "ghost walk!" ■?> - . * . VICTORIAN onion-growers are about 'to organize for protective purposesr Onion is strength! ■■'•*■•• ■*■" * . AN Austrian Socialist deputy has made a record speech of five days. Mr Henpeck says ."Meet the wife." 1 .;■•■#■. # * • • . NEVER count your votes before they are cast. One ex-M.P. wrote to the Sergeant-at-Arms to put a ticket on his seat m Parliament. He was defeated. . AUSTRALIAN Test team have been ** very much put out. * ..*'•.*. > •.'■ ALL the "leg-glances" are not made on the cricket pitch. ■•-...•#■ ■ • DR. SYDNEY MORRIS: . ''Meat-eaters have carved their names :in history." What about Nebuchadnezzar who lived on grass? * ....«.• m ■ CEVERALi ex-M.P.'s found it easier to come out than get in,' and now they are put out because they were not put m. '.'■■■-.. : ■'•■■. ' ' • •-."■■•■ '•• ■■■■.• W7EATHER report: "Raining cats and " dogs ; m Melbourne." The reign of terror 1 \ ■'■■-.■ ■■ ■■■■■ •■' ■.'.

evidently are as tolerant as New Zealanders concerning politicians. ■ -•«■• • ♦ . . ' ■ ■ TT takes a lawyer to put the "div" into divorce. ■ '■ - ■ • '■■',» ■■.#■.../■ TT takes a woman to put. the "man" 1 m romance. '*;■* „ * ' "THE going under the hammer of the •*■ late Mr. Hordern's cherished antiques was a painful thing," says a buyer. But the most painful thing under the hammer is still the thumb! ■_•••;;■#■■ •# TWO news items: "Fifty sharks were 1 landed m Newcastle to-day." And "Several young lawyers were admitted to practice to-day." Uml • * • T IZARD wrist- straps are now apLi pearing on ladies' gloves. Should go well with lounge lizards. •■■•-• . • ■ * DARSONS are opposed to cremation. 1 Naturally. Having to work so hard to earn their living they don't wish to urn their dead. # * • * A TEMPERANCE paper says "the rt beer drinker is always poor." Yes; he lifts from hand to mouth! pLOTHES make the man — look. *~ c • • r\AILY paper: "Favored Music.*': **\ Pound notes.

waterfalls, but, as a motive force; the •policeman Bhould not be overlooked! ■"■ * • • : ' v ' -IV/r-E L. B O U R N E t I ' l greeting: "Bomb soir." • ' • # • TN Belgium a man

"■ sentencea to gaoi for; life has been elected to Parliament. The Belgians