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A louclihtonc o£ accmacy -vvas suggested by a witness when giving evidence befote tho Tnnif.poit Appeal Boilml at Aucklaml (reports the "i[ernld"). ]Io produced a statement, higned by v number of motor-bus pations and setting forth the distancewhich each lived from a railway station. "Here is one man who says he lives 1J miles from a station," said Mr. Aickin, Railways Board representative, to witness. "Do you know that he lives 1J miles away?" "Ho says so there," replied witness. "Yes, but do you know?" persisted Mr. Aickin. "It he says he lives lj miles away you can be sure hois right," replied witness. "He is a, very accurate gentleman. He is a Government official. ','
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 36, 11 August 1933, Page 3
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TOUCHSTONE OF ACCURACY
Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 36, 11 August 1933, Page 3
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