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NZ Truth, Issue 105, 22 June 1907, Page 3

Many a man would simply howl if somebody stole his goods, but wouldn't say a word if it happened to be his wife. Messrs Lomax, Lucena and Co., hotel-brokess, Waniganui, call attentiori'in bur / advertisingr columns'to a very desirable hotel lease which they have for sale.. Appears that, far top many deadheads ride on the Christchurch trams. Someone should demand that the list of these lucky privileged ,be published. The public own the trams, and have a right to know who are travelling every day,. for nix. The persistency. with which people of all classes smoke m carriages other than smoking compartments is getting on the nerves of the railway people at Christchurch, and a number of prosecutions have been instituted lately. This week a cleanshaven young chap named Herbert Kingsland was mulct m a quid and costs. On.being asked by court autocrat Scully if he was going to pay, be loftily told the functionary to send m the bill. "Send m the what !" asked the close-cropped orderly. "Send m the bill," was the reply, tendered with much emphasis. The gent was then informed that it wasn't the custom to tender bills to clients, nor did they send a collector round to be put off until next pay day; nor did they give discount for cash—in fact it was a case of j>ay or quod. Then the defendant condescended to ask for time, and he gat it, otherwise there would have been time to do..