THIS TERRIBLE WORLD WE LIVE IN

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 223, 14 May 1932, Page 4

THIS TERRIBLE WORLD WE LIVE IN

ILEIXG THE URIEI' IMPIIESSIONS OF THE MAN IN THE STREET ON CURIiENT AFFAIRS i - Gazing regrettfully into the bottoni of his pint-pot, the Man in the Street said that nowadays it was risky to gaze into a glass darkly or any other way, in case one was suspectcd of wanting to hreak it. Windowbreaking appeared to be fast displaeing house-brealdng in popularity, and he could forecast the day when even people who lived in public-houses would start to throw stones; He quite agreed that stone wallS do not a prison make, but it appeared that stoning glass put one well on the way, and while rolling stcnes gathered no moss, the police asualiy seemed to gather in the people who started thern rolling. He noted with approval, however, that the pe.-son.j responsible for the riot in Wellington had not shown the same reprohensible conduct as those in Auckland by endeavouring to obtain free drinks. Conduct of this nature was only calculated to promote unrest in other parts of the country. Nowadays. it .was hard enough to live on tea, bed and connter-lunch, without hearing about other people gHi r.g drinks for nothing. He had never believed that he would at any time he sorry for the police, but he had that feeling at present. They had undoubtedly a great deal to put up with and a great deal more to put down. However, England expected every man to dr> his customs duty, and providing he could do it off his own haton, he would even sacrifiee his personal appearance and wear a tin hat. He had heard it suggested that as a precautionary measure all politicians should be immediately fitted with tin hats but personally he thought that this would be waste of money, as most of them were armour-plated in that department already. The iron hand in the velvet glove was all right, but this would be a case of the cast iron head in the tin helmet. And talking about iron hands, kind hearts were more than coronets and simple faith than : sock with a baton. He had no doubt that now was the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party, but he thought that few good lasses — though not too good — -would help it along quite a lot more. The concensus of opinion appeared to be that NcVr South Wales would soon lose Mr. Lang and there was no doubt that if it did, everyone concerned would lose interest. Undoubtedly the meek ■ would inherit New South Wales, because no one 'else would have it after Mr. Lang was done with it. When you find that your grocer, Grows grosser and grosser, With demands that you no longer delay it, Just let him go hang, take a lesson from Lang, And simply point out you won't pay it. t For the sake of Auld Lang's stein, f ,my boys, If you've got any sugar, just lose it, When they make a demand, you can just wave your hand, And quite impolitely refuse it. When you find that your banker, Grows franker and franker, In asking you wliy you deplete it, Just shuffle the paek, you can trump with a Jack, By simply refusing to mcet it. For the sake of Auld Lang's stein, ! my boys. j If they want to he paid, just forget it,

Fill up the oak chest, then politely suggest, If you want it, come over and get it. He had been interested to learn that the Canadian authorities were at last taking action against the Doukhobors or nudist cult, and he supposed that the Doukhobors would simply have to grin and bear it. A lot of people, and particularly his wife, were complaining about having to go without things and the Doukhobors apparently had grounds for complaint. Anyway, h'e was all for clothes. There was no doubt clothes made the man and make-up the woman. He noticed, aceording to a recent ! personal item, that Mr. Wizard Smith i had recently "passed through" Hamilton. Judging from Mr. Smith's recent performances, he considered that Hamilton must have been very' observant to notiee it. However, he understood that there were Ho tohe roas in Hamilton, although in spite of the Transport Board, there were still a few pedestrians. And speaking of the Transport Board, he understood that next year Mr. Smith would only be granted a license on_ condition that he did not stop hetween" drinks or pick up toheroas or sleeping sickness en route. In any case, he considered that it was high time someone took some action against this picking up en route. He knew one girl who had done so and she had got £500 for hveach of proniise.