Olla Podrida.

"The New Shakespeare," according to the Junior English class: "Juliet swallowed the phial, and then fell asleep."

"Let good digestion wait on appetite."

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Another item from the English class: "Milton, in writing his divorce pamphlet, used his wife as a concrete foundation."

Can there then be any truth in the statement . "Frailty, thy name is woman!"

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A kindly correspondent suggests a new version of the old saying, "Plain as pike-staff." It is, "Plain as the spike-staff."

There is nothing like frankness.

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"To conclude this most enjoyable evening, 'Auld Lang Syne' was sung, whereat the guests departed."—(An exchange.)

The last straw!

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"We are out of the word down here. Occasionally, the quiet is broken by the welcome sight of a school hatband."—(An exchange.)

Up this way we can't hear hat-bands for sox.

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At the Takapau Camp a sermon was preached on "The Piety and early life of Daniel."

"Let your light so shine before men."

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"Irvine, Rapson and Osborn were a quartet of hefty men."—Dominion.

Evidently another case of "celestial arithmetic." For solution apply to F. G. Hall-Jones Robert Blatchford.

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The following is an extract from the Dominion:—

Some Gazette Announcements.

A Civil Service Junior examination is to be held in November, 1912, beginning on or about June 18th.

Strange things happen in Leap year.

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Professor Mac, Clairvoyant.—Life's story truly told; no humbug; science, accuracy, truth; gifted from boy-hood; Tory Street, Wellington; 2s. 6d.—Evening Post.

It's just as well to have something to fall back on.

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"In ancient times, if a man went to prison for debt, he stayed there till he got out."—Prof. Garrow.

Very probably they do still.

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"Let him approach to the very brink of what Mr. Micawber called 'the demnition bow-wows.'"—"Liber," in the N.Z.Times.

It is so very seldom that our bright little contemporary is responsible for an error, that "when found make a note of," as Mr. Mantelini used to mark.

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Sir Robert Stout.—Brilliant crimson; shaded maroon; very showy and effective.

Harry Kirk—Long and elegant; colour deep sulphur yellow.

Rose and Carnation Catalogue.