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Northern Advocate, 23 May 1928, Page 8

Mr H. J. Robinson has resigned his position as headmaster of the Picton School, which he has filled for twenty-one years!

Plans have been approved and the specifications are being finalised for the new Essex Home in Essex Street, Linwood. It will be in brick, with three storeys, and will be erected on the site of the old Female Refuge. The building will cost approximately £50,000.

Two .photographers employed by the Government Publicity Department are at present at Lake Taupo making a motion picture of the trout fishing. Every type of fishing to be enjoyed in the lake and its tributary rivers, the natural beauties of the well-known trout areas, and the Tongariro river sport will be completely dealt with. The cost of the production is estimated to be under £IOOO.

A -witness in the Dunedin Supreme Court recently made repeated use of the word “absolutely' ’ in answer to questions put to him by counsel, and had to be asked by his Honour not to use it so often. Within a minute, however (states an exchange), out it came again, but the witness immediately expressed regret at its use. Borne amusement was caused when one of the barristers, in his address to the .Court, also introduced the word in his third sentence, but, realising what he had done, repeated his statement and substituted “Wholly and solely” for “absolutely.”