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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 175, 20 April 1929, Page 25

A story is being told at Bluff with considerable relish concerning one of the city fathers. It is stated that he rose early one morning, as was his habit, to milk his cow, but an open gate and empty glebe told their own tale. That same morning the pound-keeper took the air in the early hours and discovered an animal placidly munching the last of his fine row of cabbages. Subsequently the two little mridents merged into one connected whole, and the councillor had to dip into nis trouser pocket before he finally got his morning milk. ,

Inexperienced witnesses have an awkward habit of giving most indirect replies to direct questions, and in the supreme Court at Auckland Mr. Justice Blair sought to explain matters to such a witness. “If you are asked. ‘Did yon talk to John Jones?’ the answer would not be what you said to him.” be plained. “The answer would be. Yes or ‘No.’” The witness appeared to grasp the point, and with an apology to the Court he sought to be more direct in his further replies.