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Northern Advocate, 7 February 1934, Page 10

Notes In Socks. Some amusement was caused in the I Auckland Supreme Court yesterday 1 when an elderly witness who alleged that he had been robbed in a hotel bar explained that it was his custom to conceal banking for safe custody in his socks when wearing them. When cross examining the witness counsel ashed him if he had any notes in his socks as he stood in the witness box. Witness acknowledged ho had. Interesting Gift. An interesting gift in the form of a programme of a. race meeting in Auck- j land on December 11, 1849, has been | received by the Auckland 'Racing Club. The programme is artistically printed on silk. There were four races, a Maiden Plate of 25 sovs., a Lady’s F-vse of 80 sovs., twice round the course, the horses engaged each carrying 18 stone, a hack race for which , post entries were invited, and an InnKeepers’ purse of 80 sovs., for which ■ Hie weight was list. 121bs.