MY LADY'S FROCK.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 54, 5 March 1926, Page 6

MY LADY'S FROCK.

BREEZE IN A LAUNDRY, ACTION FOR DAMAGES. "CALLED SOME OF THEH FOOLS.* " i (By Telegraph.—Press AssoclatlonJ WELLINGTON, this day. In the Magistrate's Court, Beatrice lavison, an English tourist, claimed £16 rom the Victoria Laundry, being the rice of a georgette frock purchased ia 'aris, and now alleged to have been ■ poilt while in the laundry's custody. Plaintiff, in evidence, said she sentj he garment to the depot to have soma pots removed, and when it was re« uraed the frock still bore the marks. t was sent back to the depot, and wa__ ot seen again for ten days. Then it ras in suoh a condition that plaintiff efused to wear the garment, which had ther marks on it, and had apparently een worn by someone. Replying to counsel for the defence, daintiff denied rushing into the depot, busing people there, and calling tha lanager a fool, with the result that ha rdered her out of .the place, though aha .dmitted she "called some of then ools. He may have been included.'' Plaintiff added that a girl in the shop ras rude to her, and did not Beem ba rave much sense. In the course of exchanges betiveeS ounsel, the defenew hinted that plainiff's statements regarding the laundrjj iffice girl might lead to a suit for libeL The case was adjourned till Mondaj ie_t. I _ l