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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 49, 31 May 1940, Page 6

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HE British Chess Congress was held some time ago. When a player moved after a comparatively short cogitation, cries of "Blitzkrieg!" from the spectators were immediately suppressed. * * * RITING about income tax, a correspondent tells us he is seriously wondering whether he could suggest to the Government that he keep the tax and let the Government have the income. . % x Fe 2 ed resolutions we made at the beginning of the New Year are becoming so difficult to grapple with we should have called them wrestle-unions. a bd mS he proposal to give a bonus to German parents for every male child born, is being seriously considered. Trust the Nazis to think up some Herr-rais-ing scheme or other. % * *% SS London, air raid wardens often sing when going on their rounds. A favourite number is "I Passed By Your Window." Bg * * A CORRESPONDENT says he weighs 10 stone and his soldier son’weighs 16 stone. A block off the old chip? * % * # Yicsay name of a recently discovered juvenile film star at Hollywood is Schoonover. What a chance for a caustic critic to say he was glad that the film was! * * * £ S go Spare parlour games are losing their popularity," says a gossip writer. Small boys have always felt that Hunt-The-Slipper had a Ttather depressing sound about it. j * ha * A SCIENTIST claims to possess a six-inch tube containing enough gas to stupefy a thousand people. It reminds us of the cigar that was being smoked in our tram the other evening. oe * * H-H-H Sandy, that popcorn smells good! Aye, it does, lass. We'll go back and drive a wee bit closer. * * * HEN talking to Hitler," says an American journalist, "one gets the impression that he has an axe to grind." It’s just as well, perhaps; the exKaiser ig probably rather particular about lending his.