Gossip

Being tired of writing our usual elliptical and oblique notes in this column, we are relaxing by printing some pleasant social notes - which should cheer (a) all those who have come to us as a rule for interpretation, and (b) those who commonly read the Free Lance and Sports Post gossip columns.

Congratulations to Roy (Carl) Johnston on his engagement. Mr. Johnston is known to his friends as a good rifle shot, and deerstalker of note.

Further congratulations to Dick Simpson, who is to be married on Saturday, to Cecil O'Halloran, at Napier.

Dorek Freeman is teaching a class of approximately ninety standard two children, native and half-caste, at Apia, Samoa.

This piece of gossip was submitted. We don't know what it means, but here it is: "Breakfast in Bed"

Languid student, "What's on the menu today?"

"Weary House" Batman. "Very nice kidneys this morning, sir, like them with a dash of Communist sauce? Probably have to be steak tomorrow sir, with some of that Nazi cayenne pappor."