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  2. Barrels of Money

    A SOCIAL worker called on the navvy at his home. "I trust," she said, "that you do not squander your money in liquor and riotous living. I'm trying to interest the people of the neighbourhood in the new ...

    Article : 117 words
  3. In Lighter Vein

    A GOLFER recently slated that he holed out in one seven times. The hole truth. Silk stockings give the girls a good run for their money. ...

    Article : 143 words
  4. Practised On

    FRANK: "I met a man to-day, and the poor fellow had one arm in a sling, a crutch under the other, and a bandage over one eye." Tom: "Heavens! What happened to him?" ...

    Article : 52 words
  5. Gratitude

    A WELL known Sydney medico had a pleasant but rather thrilling experience recently. Some years ago, whilst in India, he attended to a baby elephant with a badly torn leg. The incident faded into the ...

    Article : 102 words
  6. Some Rain

    NEW SOUTH WALES advertises many heavy rainfalls in the 24 hours. So far the biggest claim has been 20 inches in that period. A Sydney visitor, dining at the Club Hotel, Innisfail (N.Q.), boasted of this fall to ...

    Article : 106 words
  7. Got Him!

    THE guest from Scotland had been boring everybody in the hotel with tales of the wonderful things he had done in his time. "Well, now," said an Englishman wearily at last, "suppose you tell us of something ...

    Article : 65 words
  8. No title

    Motorist (recognising victim): "Fancy running across you. Smith! I was only saying to the wife the other day I hadn't bumped into you for ages." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 32 words
  9. Disastrous

    SIR ABE BAILEY, of South Africa, whose name is known in Australia, does not mind telling a story against himself. In the course of his South African career he was travelling ...

    Article : 76 words
  10. Playing Safety

    ON the notice board of a city club the following notice appeared last week: "Will the gentleman who took a horn-handle umbrella from the stand on Tuesday kindly return same?" ...

    Article : 51 words
  11. Scrapping Suckling

    HER feet (ankles, legs, and knees) Beneath her petticoat (if she wears these) Like litle mice—But, no! There's nothing mouselike in her tread ...

    Article : 44 words
  12. An Honest Punter

    A RANDWICK punter put a pound on a horse at twenty to one, giving the bookmaker a sovereign. The horse duly won, and the punter went to collect. As he had given gold ...

    Article : 122 words
  13. A Hard Task

    MR. SMALLMAN sat in his smoker's chair reading the morning paper. Mrs. Smallman appeared on the morning horizon journeying to her bath. There was a red glow on her usual ...

    Article : 99 words
  14. Not Worth It

    JACKY had been married only three months when he got tired of his Mary and interviewed a town solicitor. "You see, boss," Jacky told him, "I bin gotem 'nother ...

    Article : 84 words
  15. Good Excuse

    AT Darlinghurst Sessions once a juror sought to excuse the absence of a friend, also a juryman. "He was taken very ill last night," he explained. "Well?" snapped the presiding Judge. ...

    Article : 76 words
  16. According to the Accordeon

    THE centenary of the accordeon is now being celebrated. Scotland and Belgium are the two European countries in which the instrument is most popular.—News item. ...

    Article : 65 words
  17. The Expert

    BOLT was the best mechanic in the factory, and it was for this reason that the manager had "shuttered" his eyes to many delinquencies of his. Patience, however, was at last exhausted, and Bolt was "shot," and ...

    Article : 229 words
  18. "Horace" Again

    "IS the editor in?" asked the would-be contributor politely. Horace, the office boy, with chair tilted back, stretched his legs across the desk. ...

    Article : 98 words
  19. Teacher Says

    TEACHER says The world is like a ball. I don't think so at all, Because ...

    Article : 45 words
  20. Hot Air

    CHAUFFEUR (to touring toff as their car mounts a rise that overlooks Canberra): "Hullo! The House of Reps. has had another all-night sitting, and a pretty stormy one at that." ...

    Article : 62 words
  21. Where You Get Down

    AT a Sydney school the teacher gave the children questions to answer and missing words to fill in. One was: "You get down off a horse and—" A little girl's answer was: "You don't get down off ...

    Article : 55 words
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