Shaun’s Patch

Southland Times, Issue 21095, 29 May 1930, Page 8

Shaun’s Patch

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It looks as if these South Invercargillites really want a tramway shelter. #»* ' * ' I transmit this discovery toi the City Council without charge. «»’ * * Evidently the United States Supreme Court thinks the dangers attending the purchase of bootleg whisky are sufficient without adding the risk of gaol. s; s * * * Disarm suspicion and you will secure disarmament. ij: * * * MODERN PROVERBS. You can lead a lamb to the racecourse, but you cannot make him think. e * * * Esther was an honest girl, But people called her rude Because her soft complexion Was always in the nude. * * * * The acclairh accorded Miss Amy Johnson shows once again how sweet are the uses of publicity. s •» * * The wise girl is the one who is always kissed for thte first time. 1930 SIMILES. As bold as clarity. As cold as feet. As hot as club stories. As old as club stories. $ * * •> ' Mr Forbes may be a cabinet maker, but the two new Ministers are joiners. * * * Mr Murdoch has become Minister of Agriculture and Mines. I wonder if he calls a spade a spade, and if he’s fond of digging. THE HAPPY MAN. There was a man I used to know’, Wlto bought some shares When they were low. He thought this was Good enterprise, And so he paused For them to rise. The experts said A rise must come Because they’d reached Their minimum. For this advice Got from a sago He had to pay . In brokerage. ' And every day He would peruse The page that held Commercial news. But though the world Rang with alarm With markets bust He still was calm.. For years he held This valued stock , With confidence Finn as a rock; Though people’s jokes Made him their butt, And friends declared He was a nut. One day a brick Fell on his head, And stretched him out Securely dead. Next day we heard The company Had been wound up In bankruptcy. And so he left This troubled scene Not knowing what A fool he’d been.