A PETONE POTHER.

NZ Truth, Issue 159, 4 July 1908, Page 5

A PETONE POTHER.

ALF ADiMS STRlife . Ui . : .- l^jtlßLJß. \My tells a Tale erf HiMng Influence And Is Badly Biffed. ■ ''Petone has a lineal^descendrint ibf the. great Bill Adams who so ignominibusly ; routed Napoleon ißonaparte at the battle."! of Waterloo arid prided himself on having satisfactorily accomplished the famqjis feat, m the person of one Alfred Herbert Adams. ' Alfted Herbert appeared^; .the other day before Magistrate Dr. McArthur and Jay Pees- Mothes. A and Wilkiris at the Petone Qburt m anew act ; in which the descendant of the. -walloper j;ol Bonaparfce took upon himself the role„-of the persecuted herb - and charged, the villain of therplay, James Robinson, .;wi^h having * imlawfully administered stbu_h;-td him. Mr. Percy' Jackson had p. small part to play, being associated with James Robinson. 2pd acquitted himself wfith Credit and distinction. In < the opening acsene the descendant of tbe famous Bill, graphically described ' / ;■-■'•''.- THE 'sCfiNEJ ,OP WATERLOO,:>;,in which/however, Bill, or rather Alfred Herbert Adariis, was not so successful as his honored • ancestor and, bit the; . djust whilst the>mighty Bonaparte, m the ,persbri of Jiriiniy Robinson, - achieved .'the honors of day. In the , second > -act Jimmy Robins on occupied the. stage, . iif*d his tale differed materially from that bf the desceridant' of the ancient warrior. Jimmy explained . that he was, agent l-for a sewing jmaphihje. firm, ahd Alfred Herbert ,'Adairis- had /Obtained a. 'machjn§pvalued .a : t'-' £14;^ pri the tune baymeht ;system of one '•; quid doip arid, waif a ci|bwn a .week afterwards. had had the riiachine "for . five months and bad hot paid anything beyond- the deposit, so . • J iiriniy first wrotei:. him a Jtolite business iiletter-' arid subsequently repown tb>ask;^ii'_x' for paymerit. •- On reaching the.beto' dpihicile the man ..with the histoHc nan',; met, him m anything but 'a- polite ■ rrianiier arid, exhibitifag J imray's letter, shouted, "I am-, well knohvn "io John Norton and "Truth's" staff and have grca-lj influence with thepaperJ . I'll show you- up. ybu blanky^ blank. I'll get ybur b'ariky letter published m VTfuth." Continuing!, his dramatic utterances Adams, according to the gospel, bf '■'. '■■.. J inuny Robinson, .'said^' "l'll knock your blanky head off.'''* Jimmy went .away biit- on • a later day , was met "by %_ THE SSOODTBttRSTY WARiilOR^ who called, hiiri "a , rbtteri and told him he'd khock •: him off- the'. face of. the earth! i;This was' more thari^, Jimmy could standy as m that event he would be homeless, not possessing a flyihg, machine—eyeri if he, had several * sewing machiries-^he would be unable to .locate himself on .any? other planet. 'Jimmy accordingly jilif ted up his'."dook" arid plugged Adanis on the jaw!» 'an ' actipn.which Mr Jackson contended was a ; justifiable and irieritbrious one. The. Bench unanimously upheld Mr 'Jackson's contention and dismissed "the case , with one .guinea costs 'against Adanis, who will s feel the hurt to his pocket most grievously.