KITTENS BORN UNDER SUPREME COURT BENCH
'The Press” Special Service
WELLINGTON. October 21. A black cat drinking milk from a blue polka-dot saucer beneath a red nylon umbrella may be seen on a rainy day in the small yard behind the Supreme Court. The umbrella belongs to one of the judges’ associates, and the cat, Mummy, as she is called because of her fecundity, is something of an institution in Court circles.
She . resides among the foundations of the Supreme Court—apart from a few excursions to the nearby Magistrate’s Court.
The associates have been providing for her for the last four years. During the week-ends they leave a tin
of cat-food out for her. When they arrive in the mornings. Mummy is sitting on the back doorstep of the Court, waiting for her morning ration of milk.
There are many tales about Mummy, but her most audacious exploit was when she produced a family in a cupboard beneath the Bench of the Supreme Court. Justice was meted out over a litter of kittens—unbeknown to the learned judge.
The blue polka-dot saucer was part of an expensive set for the judicial morning tea. Now, one of the judges has to put up with an ill-matched tea
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Press, Volume XCII, Issue 27796, 22 October 1955, Page 2
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