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Salient: An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 11, No. 11, September 22nd, 1948

Now then by the Scribe

Now then by the Scribe

Now Then by the Scribe

Now Then by the Scribe

There's talk of them removing the "Keep Left" signs in the city streets. Couldn't have that sort of litter lying round during the royal visit. Of course, what little left-hand steering New Zealand ever had disappeared long ago.

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Nice to know they're going to give the village a face-lift for the royal tour. Better not apply the paintbrush too vigorously to some of those places up by the Basin—they might fall down.

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There's talk, too, of a round-table conference being' held on the subject of conscription. The idea, presumably, is to keep running round in circles.

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"Mrs. Frank (Legs) Henderson, 76-year-old wealthy dowager, threw a party in the Stork Club, New York, to celebrate the divorce of John Alden Talbot, jun., recent boyfriend of Lana Turner," says the Sydney "Daily Telegraph." Mrs. Henderson was photographed accepting a drink of champagne poured into one of Mr. Talbot's shoes, from which he had thoughtfully removed the lace." Our betters.

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So they've brought the exchange rate back to parity with sterling. Does this mean you'll be paying less for tilings you can't get because nobody imports them?

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A mid-Western woman collected 33,000 bucks for submitting to a U.S. radio company a 33-word comment on juvenile delinquency, I see in the "Standard." Said her husband: "Brother, yesterday I was unemployed, today I am retired!" Got to hand it to capitalism—knows all the answers to the unemployment problem.

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Famous moments: Sir Charles Norwood, popular magnate, who can just about make Rockefeller's wad look like chicken-feed, thanking the Hon. Sample (we won't go into biographical details) for exposing the dangers of Communism.

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No doubt about "The [unclear: iron] Curtain," it's a nazi piece of work.

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One of the lecher-rooms on the ground floor has been made hideous by the dripping of water from a broken pipe. But, believe me, it's got nothing on the drip who got up on the last day of the term and suggested to the lecherer that we should have a test straight after the holidays, Fact.

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"Communism Leaves Spaniards Cold," says a heading in the "Suffering Cross," clearly an attempt at being funny. It's dead right in a way, though. Communism has left plenty of Spaniards mighty cold, since Franco started slaughtering progressives in their thousands.

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"R.A.F. Drops Hints in Malaya"—more Suffering humour. The "hints" were bombs, rockets machine-gun bullets and cannon shells. Amusing, isn't it? "U.S. Has Over 20,000 Planes In Readiness." "U.S. Studying New Undersea Warfare." "Superfort Spearhead Based On Britain." "Top Secret Atom Bomb Tests At Eniwetok." Two days' headings from the papers. All goes to show how right these people are, who claim Russia's the only outfit wanting war.

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Propagandist cry of "Yah! Imperialism," shouldn't frighten the Empah. says that well-known scrap-iron exporter, Menzies, dear to the hearts of Australians who slung him and his party out of the bright lights a while back. Maybe you were one of those ill-informed folk who muttered something about "Yah! Imperialism." when the papers spoke of the R.A.F. successfully machine-gunning Malay workers.

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A verse by L.N.. clipped from elsewhere:—
  • Ring out, ye bells, uplift all Christian hearts,
  • And hear the tidings glad with jubilation—
  • The noble Dyaks seize their poison darts
  • And march to save our Western civilization.

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The only difference between the medieval Inquisition and the U.S. Congress committees on Un-American Activities Is that the Inquisition facilitated its operations by the use of racks and strappadoes and hot irons and things,' You never know, these might be with us again, too.

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The Aga Khan, with his family, on a big-game shooting expedition in Darkest Africa, has established a tented village, with hot and cold running water, to accommodate his party, say the cables, Other facilities are: A landing-strip for aircraft flying in fresh milk and eggs daily; carpeted tents, with a boudoir equipped with ornate dressing-table and silver fittings; a convoy of trucks carrying the best food procurable in Africa, and big quantities of rare French wines and spirits brought from Europe. It's a wonder he doesn't take his own menagerie along, too, to save himself the trouble of going out to hunt.