KNEW THE BOOK

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 238, 29 December 1916, Page 5 (Supplement)

KNEW THE BOOK

Tho vicar was christening the baby, and asked:— "What name?" iNoah,'' was the answer.

Accordingly, during the service his reverence spolfa of the baby as "he." At last the father said:—

"It isn't a 'he'; it's a 'she.'" '"But," objected the clergyman, "Noah is a boy's name." "It mav be; but it's a girl's name as Wall. The Bible says so." "Where, my friend?" asked th» vicar.

"Well, sir, you told me last night 1 did not seem to know my trade. It is quite evident sTou5 T ou don't know yours. Please read Numbers xxvi., and more especially verse thirty-three." And on reference the parson found that he didn't.

TABLOID HUMOUR

One of the best stories in the recent-ly-published volume of legal reminiscences by Mr. Balfour Browne, the well-known King's Counsel, concerns itself with Lord Chancellor Campbell and a prominent contemporary lawyer, Mr. Merryweatber. The two ware travelling in the same railway carriage, when the Lord Chancellor said, and it was true, "Merryweather, you are getting as fat as a porpoise.'" "All the better company for the Great Seal!" was the instant and witty reply.