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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 253, 24 October 1919, Page 4

The following is the weather forecast ! for 24 hours from 9 a.m. liii R flay:—The indications are for variable and' moderate breezes, southerly winds moderate to strong prevailing, and backing by south ! to east. There ia a prospect of fair) weather but with increasing haz e and cloudiness shortly. Barometer little movement; e<v. moderate, tides good. In reply to an inquiry addressed to the Minister of Lands, the geological section of the -Wellington "Philosophical i Society has been informed that it is the I intention of the 'Department of Lands! and Survey to begin this season a topo- 1 graphic survey of New Zealand, and to prepare contoured topographical mips on the scale of half-an-inch to a m.le. "Is it your habit to carry a large sum of money in your pocket and leave it there when you retire at night?" asked counsel of a witness in a ca>se that came before the Magistrate's Court at Wellington. "It all depends upon the persons with whom I am staying," replied the witness, "but if I was staying with a gentleman like you 1 wouid probably put my money inside my ehirt I when I went to "bed." ' "