It's charges liko this that make a solicitor's bill of costs a scandal," said Mr Justice Hosking at the Palmerston North Supremo Court, when a lawyer's bill was before him for taxation. The item that brought the remark from his Honor was a charge of 5s which the .solicitor had charged for serving a summons on himself I At a social on Wednesday evening (says the Southland News) Mr John Kingsland said he claimed to be the oldest firo brigade man in New Zealand, 71 years having elapsed sinco ho joined an organisation of the nature in England. Ho also remarked that the brigade he referred to was brought into existence by his father in 1829.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3349, 22 May 1918, Page 47
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