FROLICSOME FLORENCE.

NZ Truth, Issue 234, 18 December 1909, Page 6

FROLICSOME FLORENCE.

Florence Mill was playing ,iip and Tireukin'^ things m Christchurch last week, find :he was accused m the local Court of destroying four squares of glass and severely dislocating other panes, the total damage being estimated at £1. Mrs Neville was tlic unfortunate owner of the ]in>)?ertTr. Misf: Hill too'c a room m the Neville establishment some days previously, h.it she got into a state of "sossel" every day, anrf her condition *.vas so blastiferous that the landlady urgently reouircd her absence. The undesirable lodirer had a particular penchant for brandy, which she took for spasms, like Pairoy Gamp The landlady silently and surreptitiously entered the room of Hill and removed the bottle containing the potent spirits, and the unhappy woman didn't aripreciatc the kindness that Fas intendeds Jr. !a«t, sh« kfclred up a

frightful disturbance, and was filled with* indignation and liquor, but principally the latter, m the height of her tantrums, she broke a window, and the landlady got so full up of her that she turned her out between the hours of eight and ten o'clock, as the lady mentioned vaguely m evidence. Magistrate Bishop asked if the l:di.ers luggage had been ejected with, its owner, and was informed that the owner was invited to come round for it next morning. Whereupon the Magistrate commented upon the fact that the landlady had no right to detain the luggage, and should have deposited it on the footpath with the unwelcome- gusst. His Worship also recognised the woman, as an ojd offender, and Lawyer Donnelly, who appeared for her, had to acknowledge that she. had bten living with a m an named Hill as his wrfc. Mr Bishop said he knew all about the woman's antecedents. She had once tried to proceed against the man lor affiliation. That circumstance, < ..however, was no. excuse for breaking a window. The woman didn't appear to be m a good state of health, and mentioned that she had left the hospital to answer this charge. Also, she was , due m that institution . after she had been dealt with by the Court. His Worship : Well go, back t 0 the hospital, and afterwards you can take proceedings against the man. The Magistrate recollected that Hill and the woman had taken a billet m the Gisborne district, and he decided to convict and discharge her on the" understanding that she paid the cost of the damaged window (15s). ..