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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 251, 27 November 1914, Page 4

'' A horse, oi something that had been a horse, was sold at the pound for oue shilling. The loss to the borough was 155." This was au extract from the borough inspector's report, read at a meeting of the Whangarei Borough Council.

Gisborne has a versatile hairdresser. He advertises that he does water divining and horse training as side lines. And vet the combination is not a bit more remarkable than that which was indicated at one time by a sign on the walls of a small dingy cottage in Sydenham, a suburb of Chnstchurch : " Boots repaired and teeth extracted here."

The war has been responsible for a good many funny stories, and perhaps the following may amuse some of our readers. On a recent voyage the s.s. Octavia had two German passengers. One of them was ill and died before the vessel arrived at Sydney. The captain called the chief-'teward. and said: "Have the dead German in No. 22 thrown overboard." An hour or two later, on passing the cabin the skipper saw that the body still lay on the bunk: "Did I not tell you to have the dead German in No. 22 thrown overboard?" he angrily asked the steward. "Twenty-two did you say, sir? I thought you said 32. Well, he declared he was not dead, but these Germans are such liars I wasn't going to take his word against your?, sir."