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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria University, Wellington N.Z. Vol. 22, No. 5. June 8, 1959

You Said it

You Said it

A wanted to sell in "The Dominion."

. . . Owner transferred and priced for urgent sale.

Lonely lady, 43, with little dog, seeks post.

—"Exeter Express and Echo."

The Daffodil Ball—by a misprint this ball was stated to have been organised by the National Society for Cruelty to Animals. It should, of course, have been children not animals.

—"The Irish Independent."

A Kent paper produced this pearl:

Have you a cold? Try—tablets, the really safe, quack remedy.

We have the same eggs for sale that we had last winter. Come and see us.

—"Pyote (Oklahoma) Clarion."

A headline in the "Mexico City Herald" proclaimed—

Cops Can Find 96.2 Per Cent. of Anyone lost in New York City.

A headline in the "Birmingham Dally Mail" announced:

Police mistake at Walsall. Innocent Man released.

The announcement that the vicar has raided a fund for the dead man's wife will be welcomed by all.

—"Derby Mail."

Between any 2 rats is another rat.

Mr Harvie wrote this on the board in a Maths II lecture.

(He had been using rat as an abbreviation for rational number).

An English Government requires holiday engagement for six weeks.—Advt. "Buenos Aires Standard."

The crisis in Persia is dealt with by a special correspondent.

—"Daily Telegraph."

Congress split on question of Congress split.

—"Los Angeles Daily Record."

The German Autumn Manoeuvres will be confined to the Baltic Main Colliery near Sheffield.

—"Bath Herald."

Summer is icumen in Lewdly sing "cucu".

—"Bennington (Vermont) Banner."

When a sheep is seriously cut or otherwise injured, the sheep shall immediately report the fact to the person in charge of the shed.

—"Otago Daily Times."

Keeping all food under cover is the first step towards ridding the house of aunts.

—"Albany Journal."

Jeffries is not old but he finds difficulty reducing his portly waist to the dimensions of a prize ring.

—"Daily Telegraph."

Andy let out a long, drawn-in breath.

—"Saturday Evening Post."

Externally the design is modern, and internally the treatment is somewhat severe, as is usual in a hospital.

—"Daily Telegraph."

For sale: Doctor's sailing dinghy and accessories. Doctor no further use.

—"Yorkshire Post."