SHORTWAVES

New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 45, 3 May 1940, Page 7

SHORTWAVES

RBPPPPPPPPPPP cc O John Smith .. . It is said that a man to whom a book is dedicated, always buys a copy. If this is true in this instance, a princely affluence is about to burst upon the author."-Dedica-cation by Mark Twain. a * * I a producer’s meeting in Hollywood, Samuel Joldwyn interrupted proceedings to say: "Gentlemen, for your information, I would like to ask a question."-"Cavalcade," London, Bag * * [XN Paris it is rumoured that as Hitler was passing through a devastated Polish town, a dog bit him. The French comment: "Perhaps, but we’re waiting to hear the dog’s story.".-"The Nation," New York, xe ae %* WELL. I am professionally a man of imagination. I could invent the information. I could invent news to suit any event. And, what is more, the news I invented would be true. Or it would come true.G. B. Shaw, questioned by a London reporter whether he thought he would make a good executive for the Ministry of Information. bd * ae NE of the minor incidental credit-entries of the war is that walking is becoming possible in England. Even now our country roads are relatively cad- less, the eye is not afflicted by the spectacle of pimply morons blasting by in sports models with their taddled odalisques, and the kindly if foolish horse is making an idyllic reappearance like a Test bowler rising from long sleep.-D. B. Wyndham Lewis. Baa * Py 6 aes really surprising thing about ant; ... they keep pets. They keep small beetles and other little insects in their nests for the sake of sweet liquids that are produced by these creatures. When the ants move from their nests, they carry their pets away to their new home.-Australian broadcaster. * * * "THE Persian or Assyrian wrote on sheets of soft clay with a piece of sharp stick. If it was a letter being written, he sprinkled it with sand and wrapped a second sheet ef clay round it, and wrote the address on that. The sand prevented the envelope from sticking to the letter. Even then, it wasn’t ready for the postman: it had to be baked hard in an oven. A smart tap broke open the envelope, and sometimes the letter as well-Talk on literature from 3AR, Melbourne.