A laughable incident broke the monotony of the court at Taihape last week. It was a defence case, -where a khaki-clad representative of the department was- giving evidence. He made a certain statement, and desiring to withdraw it, exclaimed hurriedly and authoritatively: “As you were!’’ Practical .sympathy to a farmer in misfortune was demonstrated at Tauhei (Waikato) last week, when a dozen neighbours loft their own work and gathered in the harvest of Mr T. G. Smith, who was taken ill in Auckland when he went to do duty as a special constable.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3123, 28 January 1914, Page 6
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