"GOT A SOFT JOB."
THE MAGISTRATE SMILED
A natiie debtor leaned lazily apainn the side of the witness-bos in the Ocoronanga Court yesterday. "Do you owe this money ?•■ asked Mr. E. Raweon, S.M. I'Oh, yes; I owe te money a n right." Then why don't you pay it?" ''Oh." replied, the Maori through hi* interpreter, "I've no money [•« 50 years of age; I'm tirtsi of work." "But," said bis Worship -I am -,o Jfwjr. of «gc also, and 1 am not tired oi WOTK. Henare> rejoinder was not audible to the Bench, but it set the interpreter laughing. ' "What does the debtor sa vr' asked Mr. Rawson. "Oh, but you've got a eoft job, yOurv O ur Worship." Tie magistrate bent hie head and proceeded to write vigoTOuxlj.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 231, 28 September 1915, Page 8
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