CLAIM FOR MONEY LENT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 157, 3 July 1917, Page 2

CLAIM FOR MONEY LENT.

PLAINTIFF NONSUITED. Judgment was given by Mr. C. C. Kettle. S.M. in the -Magistrate's Court this morning, iv the claim Sherwood v. Sherwood, a civil action arising nnt of alleged moneys <£73> leut by plaintiff to defendant in Doeotubor of lust year, a few days prior to fieir marriage. Judgment was civen, nonsuiting plaintiff. During the course of his remarks Mr. Kettle said that most unsatisfactory answers were given by both parties while under cross-examination, and as the onus lay upon I lie plaintiff, in his opinion the evidence did not sufficiently substantiate plaintiff's claim to warrant him saying she had discharged that onus. No order was made as to costs. Mr. J. It. Reed, K.C., appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr 11. P. Richmond for the defendant.

.Mrs. Mary Madigan, of Parnell, an elderly woman, was admitted to the hospital this morning. She was scalded by water from a kettle which fell on her on .Sunday last. Mrs. Madigan was bending over the fireplace, when she lost Iter balance, and in falling knocked the kettle from the grate. Her condition is the more serious in that she is suffering from shock. Advice was received by the Auckland Hospital this morning that a lad named Ralph Kruse was being brought to Auckland from Helensville to receive medical attention. The only particulars communicated was that he has a compound fracture of the arm. The Postmaster-! ieneral has received advice that information bureaux for prisoners of war have been opened in Spain, at the office of the secretary to the King: Paris, at the Swiss Legation; and in Christiania. Correspondence addressed to any bureau will be free of postage. A stray dog and a small boy on a bicycle were responsible for an incident which was not without humour at Newmarket this morning. The boy was sitting proudly back on the bicycle with his hands off the handle bars, intent only on showing his skill as a cyclist. An alert-looking terrier, who had been eyeing the boy with disapproving look, suddenly decided to make an attack from the flank, and promptly put the plan into execution. The ousla-upht was carried out with the energy and dash characteristic of the terrier breed, and was so unexpected that the boy swerved suddenly to the right and collided violently with an elderly gentleman who was crossing the street. The result was disastrous, and the person of the aforesaid gentleman was deposited fairly and squarely in the middle of a pool of water, together with the boy und the bicycle. For a while there was an indescribable confusion of legs, arms, and bicycle wheels. When a semblance of order was evolved out of chaos, the man found it necessary to retire hfrriedly from the scene of the accident, while the boy rode away with an unusual humility. Sir Arthur Thring. the new Clerk of Parliaments, must rub v* his knowledge of Norman-French, whic J6 still needed for his official functions (says the London "Daily Chronicle." When the Royal assent is given to a bill he will announce "Le Roy le veult," unless the bill deals with a railway or some similar private matter, when he must say, "Soit fait comme il est desire"; while if the 'bill grants subsidies to the Crown he says, ''Ijc toy remercie ecs fcous sujets. accepte lour benevolence, et ainsi le veult." But if the Sovereign refused assent, which has not happened since the reign of Queen Anne, the Clerk would say, "Le Roy s'avisera," or "The King will consider." This ludicrous custom is not a continuance of our claim to rule France, but a belated survival from the time of the Norman kings, when French was the Court language.