Something Odd

"A 13-year-old schoolboy called at the home of an aged widow in Petone five times in the one day to ask if she knew where people of a certain name lived. When the widow saw the boy coming hack the following day, she went out by the front door and called a neighbour. They returned to find the boy standing in the kitchen. Nothing had been stolen or disturbed. The boy admitted that he knew where the people he bad inquired for lived—next door to his own home. He said that he had returned to thank the widow for her assistance.

The boy admitted being found in a building without lawful excuse and was admonished and discharged by Mr. D——, S.M., who commented there was "something odd" about the incident.—Dominion. 5/4/57.

Sale Prices

Casserole Dishes

Were 44/6

Now 59/6."

—Advert. in "Evening Post" 25.4.1957.

Job for the Governor.

"The Governor-General may by a similar declaration at any time during the construction of such waterrace revoke any former proclamation or part there of and alter the course of such water-race as he thinks fit."—Section 285, Public Works Act, 1928.

When in Rome

"Rat Bites Child Near Parliament Buildings"—Standard Billboard, March, 1957.

Eye-Catcher

"While in Australia, Pat Hutchings has been writing for various learned revues (sic) and his writings have caught the eye of the trustees of the Archbshop Mannix Scholarship Fund."

—"Blue and White," magazine of St. Patrick's College.

Upon this Rock

"The modem New Zealand' hotel is a direct de descendant of the old country Inn of Britain, which has always been, and remains, a basic institution in the structure of British democracy."—Advert, in Evening Post, 6/4/57.

Ten Pounds' Worth

"Every person is liable to a fine not exceeding ten pounds who throws any filth, dirt, rubbish, or other matter of a similar nature, or any earth, stones, or other material, upon a public place; or suspends or places any carcass, meat, or offal so as to overhang any public place; or rolls any cask, beats any carpet, flies any kite, uses any bows and arrows, or cataput, or shanghai, or plays any game to the annoyance of any person in any public place, whether by allowing any cart or animal to remain across such public place, or by placing goods there or otherwise."—Section 3, Police Offences Act, 1927.

"We have a story to tell; we have no excuses to make; we have nothing to explain away."

—Rt. Hon. S. G. Holland, speaking at Levin, ("Dominion" 22/3/57).