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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 59, 3 December 1926, Page 13

Before Mr. H. W. Bundle, S.M., at the City Police Court recently, there appeared a man who, despite the fact that he was in arrears on a maintenance order on account of his children, had very decided ideas on the rights of a British subject (states the "Otago Daily Times”). After protesting volubly that he was doing his best to keep up his payments, the defendant was asked by the senior sergeant when he was last at the races. “What,” demanded the witness belligerently, “have the races got to do. with it? I’m a British subject, and, according to Government legislation I’m allowed to go on a racecourse whenever I like.” Having delivered himself of this apparently unanswerable argument defendant glared defiantly round the Court, and eventually brought his gaze back to the senior sergeant. “Anyhow,” he declared, fixing the latter with a coldly accusing eye, "I saw you at the races the last time I was there.” With an air of having, by this retort, firnilv established his right to attend racecourses, defendant then allowed the case to proceed.

The fact that an Englishman carries the pride of his birthplace with him wherever he strays, was shown at a conference of local bodies at Avondale (states the “New Zealand Herald”). "1 am an Englishman—a Lancashire man.” said one speaker in calling for fair play in the considerahn,' of a question. "And what Lancashire thinks to-day, the world does to-morrow.’’ he added proudly. "What about Yorkshire-” anothei delegate interjected.

Charles Edison, son of Thomas A. Edison announces that to compete with the radio the phonograph industry will shortly offer a 40-minute record, ft will play 20 minutes to each side T/ing recital programmes that formerly required an album of records may then be contained on a single disc.