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Otago Witness, Issue 3030, 10 April 1912, Page 62

I Mr 11. C. Barrett, draper, of Ashi burton, on opening several cases which arrived recently from London, found that ] goods to tho value of over £ll were inisi sing from three of them. The cases had 1 been roughly handled, nnd were pierced in several places by the hooks used in handling cargo, to tbe detriment of tho contents. One of tho applicants for the i>o=ilion of town clerk at Eltham, after explaining that he was of sound constitution, went on to say- that he was unmarried, but if rnarriago was a sine qua non for the position ho would undertako to enter tho bonds of matrimony, or words to that effect. As he was unsuccessful, however, probably &ome prospective bride will have to remain husbandless for a while longer.