The CRITIC

NZ Truth, Issue 1262, 6 February 1930, Page 6

The CRITIC

WH-OTTO! PELTZER. # . * *. '• A FISHERMAN has been arrested m Sydney for deserting his wife m New Zealand. It causes no surprise to hear of a fisherman scaling! > * * # A FRUIT merchant states, that the "Maui Pomare" has had a crook spin. That's the result of carrying crooked cargo like bananas! * * *■ AN employee m a rope factory has absconded with the firm's cash. They must have allowed him too much rope! * #.-..# . CAT more fruit. The Dessert Song. • * # # A PROPOSAL is on foot to give wicket-keepers a bonus for every batsman they dismiss. We don't see why batsmen should be stumped for cash! * «= * 'THAT'S You, Baby/ is an immensely popular talkie theme song. It's not Dad's pet theme at 5 a.m., though! « # $■■■■.■ £"HOKED by spirits." Evidently another ghost story. *. «■.#.. THERE was a large turn-out at the second Test match. This was followed at 6 p.m. by turn-outs all over ,he city! ' WHEN a patient sits helplessly m " the dentist's chair the probability is that he has ibeen "bored" stiff! * * 4 NEW ZEAL-AND cricketers. : * # # CURP Tragedy— When the other girl has a nicer costume. . '#' * ■ * MOTOR Toll— The repair bills? ■ * ■ #•'• -„ •■■•#, . ■■-.■• ■' OCIENTISTS are much intrigued over the discovery of evidence of the Biblical Flood. The nations are much more interested m schemes for flood prevention. - ■• " " ■ #;. . '« . ■;-•■ #.■-■ POLICEMAN said he saw a man run away m a peculiar manner.' Mupr have been a rum-runner! ■•#■'. # * THOUGH man is born to toil, his offsider confines her energies to toilet. s * # CCIENTIST spends much time among fossils, news item declares. His researches into the habits of politicians should make interesting reading. * « # 'TIS said that .love/ is blind. But *■ most wives, discussing their husbands, appear to be one-eyed/ f■' # * A WARNI-NGi note has been sounded "against dairy speculators. Taking care that the. public isn't milked. * * . # PREFERENCE has been Mnade t.» "oiling the wheels of Empire."— The 'last speaker 'we heard said that grit was needed to keep them turning. * * . #' /"■LOTHES lines were cleared by petty criminal. When caught his excuse won't wash, however. . • .■#■■ * * IV/IAGISTRATE ' recently remarked " that mothers' spankings would prevent a lot of crime. The sheltering palm. '*■ * * • DISEASE is spreading m America owing to polluted water. That's the worst of synthetic alcohol. ■##« " ' • pABLE from London states that a hearse-driver named Graves wa.« fined for furious driving. Not the first man whose racing undertakings have landed him m a hole. . ' * * ' . # " DOLICE proverb: Too mrfny crooks * spoil the cop! . ■•.#'••. '» ■ * DOBOT machines that save human ** shop assistants are all the rage m England. When the machinery jams, however, the name is changed to' Robber. . ;