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NZ Truth, Issue 100, 18 May 1907, Page 7

The most ferocious Magistrate can be! fed out of hand m private life. A Christchurch bridegroom looked pretty sour recently when lie noticed among the wedding presents two whisky flasks for his wife. The average domestic servant avoids "holy" houses where the tucker is of a . niigjgardlyi character, and the screw the lowest, m the market. The drinking of a glass of beer or spirits with a aheal is the bes'tj type of drinking and the least likely to lead to 'drunkenness; but a fellow ca/n'it hie oatipg day amd Five tlawyers wrangled over a will at Ohristohuroh last week, and yet it was so simply worded that tho usher could have cold 'em what was its meaning mi n two. shakes. True to tradition. Mr Justice Chapman reserved Ms decision. These frequent reserves remind one of the auctioneering biz, I A d«nf, disreputable, soce-footed joker gained l)avid Salman was before the Ctoristohurch Court charged with essence of malt, or hops, or something* and after a great deal of yelling ihe was persuaded to plead guilty. ' "Well. I wasn't sober," ventured tho derelict. "Five bob awd costs," roared Serjeant Gordon m, his unwashed ear, '''that will $ssgtit you uj>, me fehoy 4 "-