AN APT PUPIL.
TAUGHT TO SPEND MONEY. \ "Ht is having a very good time about the-City, and will not pay until he is pressed," remarked .Mr. Mervyn Adams, when asking for an order against a debtor at the Magistrate's Court to-day. Mr. Biernacki, who represented the defendant (who did not appear), said his client was suffering from diabetes. "Yes," remarked Mr. Adams, "drinking diabetes"—a pronounced emphasis being put on the word "drinking." Mr. Biernacki said the defendant was brought up in a way which taugh him to spend money. Mi*. Cutten: And lias proved a very apt pupil. Mr. Biernacki; Ife belongs to a class who do no work. His father is a very wealthy man in the Old Country. Mr. Cutten said lie would make an order for payment of 10/ per week.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 49, 28 February 1927, Page 10
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134AN APT PUPIL. Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 49, 28 February 1927, Page 10
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