A witness in*fcbe Magistrate's Cou.rt at Nelson refused to be sworn on the Bible that was handed, to him. The Bibk, ha declared', was very dirty, and evidently had been in use for a long time. No other Bible being available for the moment, the Magistrate said the witness could take the Scottish oath, and this he did. A dancing teacher who was on board the London and North-Western steamer Anglia when it ran aground near Holyhead in 1907, and alleges that as a result of her fright she became ill with Grave s disease, was awarded £2250 damage against the company at Dublin. The steamer waft aground for only six or seven minutes.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2929, 4 May 1910, Page 88
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114Page 88 Advertisements Column 3 Otago Witness, Issue 2929, 4 May 1910, Page 88
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