Hose Sorry Now? In Wells Ford, New Zealand, city officials discovered that a new, $160,000 fire station .had complete modern plumbing, no water supply.

Ars Brevis. In Memphis, College Student Mack Prichard was hired to teach Choctaw Indians at the nearby Chucalissa Indian Village how to make arrowheads.

Merry Nostrum. In Seattle, Lewis N. Rogers, arrested for drunk driving, testified that he had consumed two ounces of cough medicine but no liquor, lost the case on admission that the medicine was 42% alcohol.

Baby Fazed? In Toulouse, France, Louise Blanc, 105, arrived on her first airplane trip, said that her only concern was for the comfort of "her little girl," Lea, 81, who "isn't used to traveling." '

Glassed Chance. In Brisbane, the Queensland Division of the Australian Optometrical Association offered free eye examinations to the 34 umpires and linesmen who will judge the Davis Cup tennis matches in December.

Clean Haul. In Birmingham, Sadie Marie Steelman reported that thieves had broken into her house, ransacked her kitchen for food, washed their clothes in her washing machine.

Yule Hog. In Milwaukee, Mrs. Audrey Lenz, 24, sued for divorce, charged that her three children had to depend on the St. Vincent de Paul Society for Christmas presents, while her husband, John, 28 bought himself an electric train.

Tube Much, Tube Soon. In Blackpool England, Health Inspector Frank Sugden, after a survey of 200 homes in the industrial town of Morley, reported that only three had bathtubs, six had hot water four had their own toilets, but 125 had television sets.

Pounce of Intervention. In El Paso, U.S. Army Private Jesus Martinez, seized by police after he had robbed a jewelry store, thanked his captors, explained: "If I d gotten away with it, I might have been tempted to lead a life of crime."

Duty Galls. In La Spezia, Italy, after a car driven by Police Chief Luigi Scotti collided with a motorcycle at an intersection, Scotti wrote up a report of the incident, charged himself with failing to grant the right of way, collected a $1.60 fine from himself on the spot.

Neighbor Hood. In Redondo Beach Calif., Leo D. Burr left a note on his door reading, "Make yourself at home--the key's under the mat," returned to find that a thief had taken two rifles, an adding machine, a typewriter, a sewing machine, a piggy bank.

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