It s notified in the "Gazette" that a telegram addressed to a. passenger on any train "will not he accepted for delivery at a station a* which the train is due to ajriv« at a time when the nearest telegraph office k closed tor business. ! "I have four points to raise," said ill |T. M. Wflford. counsel for defence in a j case at the Petone Cotrrt. "and any one of 'fch.em wiJJ secure 'Jie dismissal of the case." '"Thai, is like the gunner lisho had fourteen reasons why he didn't sahtte I the Adimiral," interjected the presiding j magistrate. "Has first reason was £hai ihe hadn't any gunpowder; needless to ' say, there was no necessity to give the ! other reasons/ "Yes," continued Mr I Wiiford, "but in my. case I haws jjlentj i of g^lßpo'wde^.' , ****&* *^~
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 306, 23 December 1912, Page 8
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136Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 306, 23 December 1912, Page 8
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