Auckland lias a parson named Stoops. He never stoops to conquer though. He's very stalwart, and any ccn/qiuering done h e does it from the puipit. : •*' Some people make rare excuses -m Court when charged with delinquencies. There was a joker up at Akaroa t'other day for breaking a prohibition order, and m the eyes of the law, breaking that is like breaking your mother-in-law's head. Thu t_.entleman exuded beer when he was discovered, and there was beer on the floor ; yeb he stoutly denied the allegation that he had been drinking and said that the so-called beer on the floor wasn't hops at all. There was a water-jug there, and a strange yelMow cat flew m the window and upjsrt the show. Not bad. They don't ■keep yellow animals m Akar-oa.- rived la quid* .____,. "- '"v. r
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NZ Truth, Issue 118, 21 September 1907, Page 6
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137Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 NZ Truth, Issue 118, 21 September 1907, Page 6
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