POSTSCRIPTS

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 288, 30 July 1932, Page 4

POSTSCRIPTS

OCCASIONAL COLUMf| SCISSORED, PINCHED, STOLEN AND SOMETIMES, ORIGINAL. Collated by "Ruru." "A new process enahles patientj undergoing * an operation to talS whilst it is being performed." — News itern. ' - .-t . n.,,7 Sort of organ recital. .■K * * * "The Education Department is advocating more open-air schools,"— News item»— Reminds me of some in the' "bulk ring" in Fra;nce, but even if the Education, Department did. approye of these .the.'Police Department would be, sure to?put its* spoke ih. I 1 c~'-- • ' ^ '-•* ' 1 I "One counsel in the notoriousl Field divorce. case in Sydney baal filed his bill of costs for £10,000,"-| Cable item. , • 0 There seems to be more profit i-J that type of field than the averagt I cow-cockie can get. - | • * * , * * 1 Talking of cows: — § The Sydney Sun publishes the folJ lowing under "Engagements" | "Gladys, daughter of Mr. and Mrs,! M. Bullivant, of Dulwich Hill, toi John,R.,l only son of Mr, and -Mrs. ,l| J. Cousmacker, of Hurlstone Park," ■ 3- Cowspanker, I have heard of, botl Cousmacker is a new one on me. | * '* * *' £ « • .5 » 'M "«.«* ->' K - If much more evidence comes oiitl in, this tin/hare. case; the grey- S hpunds won't. need fto run the harel by sight. It'll have a strong scetil with plenty of "lie>" . : .. I * * * * * * * ' ■ Two Berlin doctors have heen aj-l rested for shooting at:the Presideitl of. the ReischJjank, be cause theydffl not approve of the way he ran M banlcing. ' ' ■ /Ind I never thought of that wajl of expressing my disapproval fkl last time I tried (unsuccessfully) fotl an increased overdraft.. ■ * ¥. * s Bill the Barman, says that Lil turned ornithologist. He just lil a martin(i) for a bird to swallow,® Now you tell one L , . „ * " * * ' ' * "" " ' S If you knew a young lady ill played billiards would that ■ entiiiH you to call her a cue-ty? B * * * * K A man is known by the compasB he keeps and a woman by the barbiB she frequents. fl * * * * H The accent is certainly on tbfl "luck" in von Luckner. . , 9 ■ * * * * flj "Fifty men in Somerset are aa9 to be unable to'marry owing to t9 housing shortage." — Cable item. .H So there's one thing to be • in favour of the housing shortas® after alh - * * * * Sj Rehearsals for the amateur tbH atricals in Rotorua, are so.far/M , vanced, I hear, that . the orgapiseB are almost ready for the first.posM ponement. , JH * * * * H "My Matrimonial Adventures," S a Hollywood Film Star, is the ti^B of a ne-w hook. H I'm sick of these war books. * * * * S[ 1 A burglar broke into a joura^B ' ist's house. Nett result, 4/3; a penny onea^H ■ bottle. * ♦ * * BL

A scientist says that the earti^B heavier than it used to he. fl| In debt, of course. * * * * A movement is^omfoot to cha^B the alphabet. jS If they start by abolishing "O", and "U", it'll have my bciH support. * * * * "Women and money go togett^B says Henry Ford. Iii other words, you've gottosj^B both busy or they lose interest * * * * 9R According to Dean Inge who continually deceives his a scdundrel." Personally I think he's a magicj^K ♦ * • THE VISION SPLENDID- ■ Upon a cool, cliff-shaded beacn^^H^ I sat, and far and near Were oysters (opened) withifl^^J And all the sea was beer. Because the nectar in the cup Was warm (as was the day)^K A siren sailed an iceberg And moored it in the bayThirsts might in other lands But I was free of fears; From beer-waves lapping me I drank for years and yearSA gracious stupor settled on ■■ • My brain, till with a cry, I woke, to find the sea had g°ne^B I'd drunk the ocean dry! I must have swooned, althoug'n rang w A' sound like "Now— please," And noises as of doors that In my vague, memories, - 'Twas ■ not till someone 1 "Fare," That back to earth I cnme St And found.my gullet bare, And ,with hot thirst aflame- W Yet, in some future heaven®^9j That vision re-appear !— ■ '^Bel An iceberg anchored in a . To cool its waves ofheer- Sj