ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

NZ Truth, Issue 172, 3 October 1908, Page 4

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

"'Anxious Enquirer"' (Westport) .— Ask the police ; we don't know. "Wager" (Ohakunc).— Joe Goddard and Peter Jackson met at the Crystal Palace, Melbourne, October 20, 18D0. The contest was limited to 8 rounds- and tae result was a draw. On tnis decision, therefore, there could not have t;een any undertaking on the part of either man to knock out the other. Jn Jiis account of Jackson's career, written at the time of the black's death, W. I<\ " Corbett makes particular reference to this match. lie was acting for J.aclcson, and with Professor Miller arranged the jneeting. There was a good deal of newspaper controversy afterwards, particularly as regards the decision, and m his Jackson obituary notice (Jorbett says :— "Goddard would never have gono into the ring had Peter not consented to let him live the term out and share the purse of £400. . . No inducement whatever could tempt Joe into the ring with Peter again."

What wonderful creatures some of. the policemen are ? The other day, m the Central Police Court, the presiding magistrate asked a John Hop (a witness m a. traffic case^, "Is the horse docile ?" "No, please, your Worship," 'replied the cojjj "he's P.iebaidi"- ... „