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NZ Truth, Issue 406, 5 April 1913, Page 7

"Strange thing you people never "^want to go into the "country : until you are brought before-, .ijie court." observed Mr. H. W. Bi,shop, S.M., utChristchurcb. last Tue^d'ay, , when an", incorrigible promised, to go. into the country if given another ' 'charnst . ' ' "I would like to .asK a question," said a witness at the close qf his cross-exam-ination m a cruelty to dogs case m the Christchurch S.M.s Court on Friday of last week,, "who's going to pay my expenses?" The hilarity caused m court drowned the reply, if any was vouchsafed, as the hay- whiskered individual left the- witness-box with his countenance beaming. ; ' ; " The ranks of Auckland's early settlers were further thinned on Friday, of last week by the death of- Mrs, Ellen Bennett, wife of Mr. Frederick Bennett, of Ponsonby. In 1851, when only three, years of age, the deceased arrived m Auckland with her. parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Short, i formerly of Mt. Koskill, by the ship ; Lord Burleigh. The lady was prominent m church,. work, and leaves a large family pf:Six sons andfive daughters. ' ■ ;:. •".