The Passing Show.

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20272, 14 August 1937, Page 15 (Supplement)

The Passing Show.

Comment and Criticism (By “Free Lance.”)

CHAIN LETTERS are going the rounds In the Waikato. Dairy farmers anxious to supplement the guaranteed price are, I understand, filling them In by the score. It Is all very well for Mr Savage to say that tax revision is necessary but taxes oan be revised upwards. * • • • Tientsin should be pronounced Sln-sln, I am told. That’s Just about what the whole murky business seems to be. It appears to be not so muoh a question of the Japanese wanting a corridor In North China as the whole house. Aunt Jennie sakl she didn’t mind what happened In the Far East so long as they didn't capture Mali Jongg. • • • • A recent press report said Warwickshire employed spinners against the New Zealand cricketers. Sounds like a yarn. • • • • In the Spanish War the other day a British ship was hit by German bombs dropped by an Italian plane. It's all Greek to me. • * * • At Home they arc taking action to ensure “ legal protection for the word ‘ honey ’ ", says a cable message. The makers of the honey need no protection, however. I noticed that the police entered the ring at a wrestling match at Christchurch. I prefer not to when Little Wolf is on the warpath. • • • • The report is that the Wellington Rugby Union, after the defeat on Saturday, decided to re-name Athletic Park and call It Waterloo Field. • • • • Earphones for the deaf are being provided In an Auckland church. No longer will they have an advantage over those with good hearing at sermon time.

Headline: "King Country Side.'' Well, even the Waikato has a good opinion of Itself. That old song must now be changed to read: "What are the short waves saying, sister, the whole night long.” How will Herr Hitler like It? The Scotland Yard authorities organised a special Nazi Squad to deal with the species. They are having mock air raids In London. These sort of things simply oannot be too much mock. Regarding the annual dinner of the Law Society I understand that ru order was made as to oosts. • • • * Are we a sporting people? Well, to-day we play a crloket test match with England a Rugby test matoh with South Africa, a League test matoh with Australian, and a hockey test matoh with the Commonwealth. That a fair start anyway. • • • 4 M I might have myself married but I did most of my fighting behind prison bars and It was better that I should do that as a single man."—The Hon. P. C. Webb. It is obvious that Mr Webb has never had to spend Saturday afternoons rolling the lawns. In these days we deliberately make thing* hard. Take the ordinary golf links, for Instance. Made hard. The flat-topped stud for stiff oollars. Made hard. The temperature when one has to get up in the morning. Mighty hard. And so it goes on. These deep thoughts came to m® as I read these headings: WHARF PROBLEMS. HANDLING PASSENGERS. Yet the oure Is so simple. Just handle them gently, in other words do not treat them as though they were natives of the oity, and all should he welL