The Critic's Wink

NZ Truth, Issue 1215, 14 March 1929, Page 6

The Critic's Wink

I ONDON reports that eggs are depressed. But some of these depressed, eggs have still a kick. v . .'■-•■*' ' • # . • TT seems just as well ,that England secured the ashes before most of our coal mines close down. , „ '..'''•■•# . # # ■. MEWS item: His Majesty the King •attached his- signature to a doou-; ment last week for the first time since his illness. A good "sigh." . ' * ; ■*'-■■■ * -•■ - ; .. A BOY swallowed a small whistle, and they can't recover it. Send for the Income Tax Commissioner — he can get anything out of anyone! ■•' * # .. * '• ■ i THE latest endurance craze: Talking ■ competitions -for girls. Mothers-in-law are barred.;- . •■ ■■'■''■•., © ■•'■ v "•■ ■ "' «♦ ■•.'■■'■ MEWS item: "Man Found Dead on Railway Platform." Five seconds earlier that irian may have ..entered the station and tackled a railway sandwich. :■• • ■ - : '.*;,. ■"...*;• •■• ; • TN Australian politics they observe the A social amenities. The Federal Parliament ha 3 its Page, while South Australia has its Butler. #- # *

"THE Young Girl Problem.V We may * not be able to solve it, but we'll never give her up. ' - •."..••# • ' ■ • '■ OTATED by a New York paper that "an American jazz band proposes a visit. to .New Zealand." Many thanks for the warning. > ■'■<•' •■■ . • •'■ ■■ :■ ■ 'TIS better to.. have loved and lost— *■ much better. . # ' . '■• ■ ' '•■■'■■ MEWS heading: "Song of the Sheep." ..Bound to be muttonotonous. ■.■•■■ ■. * \ ' * ■ ■ . AUSTRALIAN item:' Cow eaten by a rt crocodile. The croc, had a palate for "strawberries." '.(■ '. * "■'-■ * * A MAN named O. Kay was recently "■ convicted of assaulting his wife. 0! K. ■*■■#■, ■ * OPANISH Dictator, de Rivera is muz-, ° zling the press as a cure for that Spain m his inside. .■••■■*■ * CCOTSMEN recently rushed a foot- & ball field m GlasgoAV when the referee called "free ;kick." . « # ■ »•■•.. MEXICANS are once more taking an iVI . intelligent interest m public affairs. Two attempts have beep made to bomb the President. ■ ' •■•■•.' * ' : AMERICAN scientist says he has " discovered a gas that will blow ah army out of existence. The Yanks are all there when it comes to "blowing."