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NZ Truth, Issue 80, 29 December 1906, Page 3

The' jury at on inquest m Greymouth shook hands with a witness named Hall as a mark ' of their appreciation of his gallant efforts to save a steward who, unfortunately, was drowned. And if the jury is anvthihg like, some Wellington coron- j er'" jurors, Hall had better disinfect his bands daily for six months. A "'round-the-world-cyclist" named ILiddle struck Armidale, N.S.W., the [other day. He has travelled 10,000 (miles on his bone shaker since last. December, and intends writing a Look oh his experiences, when he runs his girdle round the earth, Ihe Armidale Caledonian Society presented him with a -new, hike m lieu of his own, which came to grief noar Glen Innes,, so. probably Armidale will receive a nice ' kindly , notice m that yar book. . The spectacle of one of New Zealand's Justices of the Peace wheclin;;; a- barrow opposite Taihape's Temple of Justice, is creat in;?; considerable merriment m the minds of passers-by From "early morn till dewy eve" this dbughtv capitalist is to he seen wheeling his barrow and shovelling like" any ordinary navvy. Yesterday his ' presence was required to adjudicate m a case of obscene language, and, wiping the beads of perspiration from his forehead, he donned his coat, and m a few seconds was translated from navvy to rv presiding justice. At the close of the case he made for the scene of his labor, and dof^B his coat, resumed wheeling opeivtif-ns, to the great amusement of onlookers.