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Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XLVI, Issue 3275, 23 November 1928, Page 5

'' I consider that this is one of the most stupid methods with which I have ever come in contact. It is simply an effort to avoid mileage, is seldom successful and causes endless trouble to the Court officials,'' remarked Mr A. M. Mowlem, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court recently, in referring to the system of serving debtors by registered mail (says the Napier Daily Telegraph). "Who is going to expect a Maori debtor to collect a registered letter, knowing that there are ninety-nine out of a hundred chances of it containing a summons?" continued the magistrate,