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The "Mime test" was imposed by INIr ."Justice Denniston upon a female 1 " ne?.s in the Suprem-e Court the other dav. savs the "Lyttelton Times." In living evidence upon ;i railway crossing accident, the lady said 'that- she noticed Fomethinu ''four or five minutes a.ftei tho accident happened. As this seemed. on the fare of it. an unduly long estimate, 'his Honor said. "T wunder if von have imv idea of time. and proposed a little test. He asked witness to tell hi-n when she thought a minute had expired, and ovodueed his watch foi that, .purpi.se. '! he ( ourt sat i*rimlj silent and ex-uecia ni while the seconds ticked l>y. At last witness saij fche thought a minute wa~ i:*>. "Exactly t hirtv-fi vi' seconds. s lid 'His Honor, and added. "I have never found a wit-ne.-s vet who could coinytly estimate the time." Liter in the day. in the same case, a similar (est was proposed with even more 1 ainusiii'i re-sults. Tn this instance the lady's "minute" reached to merelv ten seconds.

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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 29 May 1914, Page 2

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Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 29 May 1914, Page 2

Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 29 May 1914, Page 2

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