"Any woman that would stab a man with a hat pin would uss a more dangerous weapon if she had it in her possession. A woman might just as well use a dagger."' This was the opinion expressed by a magistrate at the Police Court in Sydney last week A young woman named Rosie Laird had stabbed Constable Walsh with a hat pin. She was sentenced to one mouth's hard labor, without the option of a fine. Mr R. W. Smith, the Independent Liberal candidate foe the Kangitikei teal at the recent election, declined a purse containing over 'JUL! sovereigns, and the money is being relumed tt» the subscribers. Mr Smith is lo be banqueted, when advantage will probably be taken of the occasion lo present him with a piece of piaje.
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 653, 9 December 1908, Page 4
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