A SEASONAL AFFAIR
"Generally about this time of the year I indulge more than is good for me. You will find that next month I will probably go off the drink," said Isadore Jacobus, a tailor, aged 60, to Mr. E. Page, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court this morning, when he admitted his fourth offence of drunkenness, and also his fourth breach of his prohibition order.
Mr. Page: "If you come up much more, Jacobusy I will have to send you to the inebriates' island. You will be fined £2, in default seven days' imprisonment, on each charge." .
Jacobus (briskly): "Thank you, your Worship."
A canoe eighty years old is at prosent having its sides renewed at the Wanganui River Trust's workshop, says au exchange, and another, equally ancient, is on the slip awaiting the installation of an engine. The first craft usually has its headquarters at the houseboat, and the second at Banana. Despite their age, these old canoes are very valuable for river work. Their length enables them to run strongly against the current: But the motive power, a gasoline engine, is vastly different from the rhythmic paddks of the old days.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 65, 14 September 1926, Page 9
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194A SEASONAL AFFAIR Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 65, 14 September 1926, Page 9
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