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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 12 October 1922, Page 8

An amusing; reminiscence of the old gold-digging days of the West Coast was narrated to. a Palmerston North Standard reporter by Mr. C.T. Salmon. He stated that he had heard of themc:dent fronlN the late Mr. F. J. M. D! Walmsley, of Wellington, who was wont to relate how, when engaged in golddigging on the West Coast with some companions, it was customary to periodically journey into town and enjoy a, few hours' "break" of a merry order, m which the local .magistrate used to join. On one occasion the, festivities lasted somewhat longer than usual, and in the small hours ithe police came in and took the names of* all', including that of his Worship, who, next, morning, was_ in the1 peculiar position of being obliged to preside over the court.! All pleaded guilty but one, and were fined 2s 6d e^ch. The recalcitrant one, however, said >c did 'not see why he should plead, seeing that his Worship! was in like plight. The' magistrate' answered: I was certainly there in the | absence of the police, but only in my i official capacity-aricl. 'to enforce''law and i order. You 'are fined £5. , j Lord jCowdray is recognised ax one of the largest of: the ''oil magnates" in the^ world. He does not often allow himself to be victimised by interviewers , but once he relented and consented to* answer aj few questions. The interviewer wasted no time, but got straight to the point. /" "What is: the s«fret- of success in life ?' lie asked. "The true 'pecret of success," replied '■Tvord Cowdray, "is to find out what the. people want.'' -The interviewer: "And then to give it to them." "No." corrected Lord Oowdray, "corner it!" A resident of Timaru received a letter frr>m Larideck. Austrian Tyrol, ,in which.t^e writer (a resident of Timaru) en^oeed some Austrian paper money— •v 100 crown note and a 10"crown note. Prior to the war the former was worth *45 and the latter £4. The Render of the money gave the equivalent of a tenth of a penny for iha 100 ferown 'm+e. and sfrvs that the 10 crown note is now worth less than a wooden match. I