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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 35, 23 February 1940, Page 6

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N official of Harland and Wolff, ship-builders, A told a reporter: "The vessel left the ways at noon, and safely took the water before her scheduled time. Before leaving the ways, Lady Wood was able to perform the launching ceremony. There was no danger that she would collapse sideways."(Extract from English paper). % * * Karl Marx and Herr Himmler Are somewhat dissimilar; But I’d love to see Harpo Eluding the Gestapo. * * * ages another painless ditty — from our Auckland correspondent, devised over soggy spuds in a hash-house: I could stare for years at the Mona Lisa And really not be a whit the wiser — But one wink from Mae West and anyone can Feel a wiser — if hardly a better — man. * * * "* {AGNIFICENT, well-covered lounge suits, massive legs, loose seats." (From a furniture catalogue ) * * * A CONTINENTAL journalist says he has experienced nothing like our summer this year. He must wait and try one of our winters. * * Es $y HERE is a rumour that the water diviners sent to the Siegfried Line found some truth at the bottom of a well. x * * | M®: MIDDLETON, gardening expert of the BBC, is to appear in a film. It is not mentioned whether he helped to dig up a new plot. * * ES A NATURALIST says that "Nature can show business men how to run things." Nevertheless, Nature’s loose-leaf system leaves us unimpressed. * * * ** ROOD rationing in England is now becoming intense. The Englishman can no longer have his bacon with his ham and eggs for breakfast." -English broadcast from Hamburg. % * * UR daft girl-friend saw the bill-board the other day: "General Lull on the Western Front." Says she: "What is he, German or French?" * * * OG dealers say there is a slump in foreign breeds , ing to European troubles. Dachshunds are sag-