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Gisborne Times, Volume LVIII, Issue 9690, 11 May 1923, Page 2

The depth, of meanness (says tho Dunedin Star) has surely been readied by the persons who are taking advantage ol' tho flood conditions to commit petty thefts of clothing belonging to the unfortunate sufferers from tiic inundation. We have been told of more than one case of this kind. A poor woman, whose homo had been flooded, hung her children’s clothes out to dry, but when she went to take them in the following morning she found they had been stolen. The individual who would commit theft in these circumstances deserves condign punishment. The fact that many people who possess two eyes only use one, although quite unconscious of the fact, was mentioned at the Arbitration Court at Auckland on Thursday. A miner was asked if, prior to an accident, ho had used both eyes. Tho judge, however, said the question was too technical for.the witness. His Honor also mentioned that in New Zealand there was no difference between the loss of an eye and the loss of the sight of an eye, so far as compensation was concerned. J.n Great Britain, however, there was a distinction, as it was held by tho courts that a man with two eyes (although one might he sightless) was in a better position to obtain employment than a one-eyed ninn. In drifting billows like the rolling sea; To guard and guide by trailing caravan. The treasures of the west I bear away Into the east where gasping Persians pray, . i Prostrate and sail when all they need, be sure. Is Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Plain facts are more than argument. They need no words to tell their tale, Without their aid the best intent Of eloquence must always fail. But when results convince the mind, They make assurance doubly sure— For coughs and colds plain facts we find In Woods Great Peppermint Cure. 30