TEST FOR DRUNKENNESS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 7 March 1912, Page 8

TEST FOR DRUNKENNESS.

ASKKT) TO STAND ON ONE LEG. Testa of drunkenness were described try a doctor at Bradford ,on Tuesday, Dec. 12th, when John Ware, traveller, oi Longsight, Manchester, was fined 5s anc costs for being drunk and disorderly. Defendant asked Mr McCulloch what test he put him to wnen he certified hiin as drunk. The doctor said that ,he asked him to walk a straight line. Defendant: It wasn't a straight line. ' The Stipendiary: There seems to be a difference of opinion between you and the doctor as to thai. ~ Doctor: I asked him" to stand on one leg with his eyes shut-. " Defendant: I couldn't do that this morning, let alone last night. . The, Stipendiary: That isn't an easy thing to do when you are sober, doctor. Defendant said he was with his younger . brother on Monday night, and had the same number of drinks as he had. and he felt sure that he could take the saune number of drinks as his younger brother, and his younger brother was not drunk. A" paragraph which appeared in the "Dominion" last week stated that Princess .Lucie Cantacuzene, of Roumania, at-present in Sydney, was contemplating a visit to New Zealand, and Messrs Cook and Son were instructed to ascertain Jif there would be any difficulty 11. getting her servants into the country . One is her maid, a Roumanian woman. I and the other an Egyptian courier. The Customs authorities here informed Cook's that it would be necessary t. enter into bonds that these peoplp would not remain in the country. This infor mation _ was communicated to the Princess, with the result that the Wellington manager (Mr H. C. Cramond) has been advised that her iHighnes3 does not intend, to. visit New Zealand. In Australia the suite" was granted a three months' exemption from the provisions of the Alien .Immigration Act, after the authorities satisfied themselves of the pona fides of the party. Diffident Lover (trying to feel his ground, nervously)—"Do vou know. I—e- " actually dreamt that I proposed to yo; laet night. Now^er-what can tha. ireanV Practical Girl—"Mean? Wpli. it'means that .you are a. lot more .sensible asleep than vou are awake, Freddy.'' The musical .instrument seLler had sue at last in working off a cheap fin die on a customer* at four times it" value, "Where shall I send it?" he in quired, "To 914 Street. My flat if on the third floor.'* The fidd>- dealer's far® fell. He had moved, with hi.= family the day before, to the flat on the sccpnd floor of No. 914 Street, or. a three, years' agreement.