A MANNEQUIN recently crossed the *"* channel on a hydro-cycle. She displayed good form. * * * COWLS are plucked by machinery * now. But pigeons are still plucked by hand. # # * WHAT la the definition of love? asks a correspondent. Something that Htarts at a party and ends up m the newspapers. • * * A FILM actress is said to have rei married her divorced husband. A careless secretary was probably responsible for this, # # * A Wnrrran Htiyn It is better to give ** than lend. But it usually costs Hbout the Hamc. w # * AN Invonloi' flays he htiH perfected, a ** lift that cannot go wrong, A safety minor, m fact! •• ' * CINCE tho war there 1h said to have v boon a liirge Increase m tho number of telephone?) (nHtallcd. Blaming tho war again. MEN of principal. Money-lenders! * * # IT is estimated that over £100,000 was spent on silk stockings m the Dominion last year. Still, there was quite a lot to. show for it. * • • THE day of reckoning, runs a headline. Income tax day. * # * A WITNESS said he suffered from metal deficiency. A common complaint m these hard-up times. •• \ # A BANKER says that if we insist on knowing the truth we will climb to the top of the tree. Most wives ■would make fine business women. • • * A WITNESS said his religion was that of tram driver. Keeping on the right lines.- --• * * A CORRESPONDENT wants to know how to tell a female worm from a male. A motorist says the female' does not signal when she is going to turn. •'' * * A WRITER asks whether roller skating requires any special application. Any kind of embrocation will do. • *• * A LION, training school has been es- , tablished. up the roar material! ' • # # A MAD dog recently entered a drapery *" store. Looking for the muslin department! A BUTCHER was recently prosecuted *r for patronising . a sly-grog shop. Naturally he knew a joint when he saw one!
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NZ Truth, Issue 1238, 22 August 1929, Page 6
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311Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 NZ Truth, Issue 1238, 22 August 1929, Page 6
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