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New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 18, 27 October 1939, Page 6

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N England. a Varsity policeman recently captured a crook by means of a Rugby tackle. The Western Brothers humbly doff their top-hats to this fellow with an Old School Collar. Eg * * HE week’s keenest come-back: "My talent for singing has never been questioned." "Tt hasn’t even been mentioned." o BS * A LISTENER declares that he heard a BBC announcer drop his aitches in a recent broadcast. That seems to support the belief of some pessimists. that the world is coming to an end. Ba * * "7 HERE is the story of an actor named Hamilton -a friend called him "Ham" for short, but not for long. * * . A’ American listener who fired shots at a jazzband leader told the. police he didn’t mean any harm. He just hadn’t realised it was a cruel way of getting rid of them! Ea * * AURICE BARING can still turn.a line: I think we all have had a drop Too much of Herr von Ribbentrop; The name by which he’d better go Is Herr von Ribben Trop de trop... % % ON’T you think this girl sings with feeling? Not for others. * * * Moto for a radio golfer: There’s many a blue word spoken in jest! ee Ea * ECAUSE of the shortage of fat, Germans can have strawberries but not cream. Next year, perhaps, they will have the straw but not the berries. * % * N English M.P. declares that his son is prepared to do his bil, and is ready to start at the bottom of the ladder. He’d better join the Auxiliary Fire Service. _ * % s NOVELIST remarks: "I often wake up in the. middle of the night and think about my children" Ours don't come in quietly enough, either. * * * ay Ca PRAMENT is expressed by a woman writer that the modern youth prefers buying a car to getting married. Well, it’s easier to back out of a@ garage. :