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Otago Witness, Issue 3854, 24 January 1928, Page 31

“ How do you manage such a crowd ?” was the question that came from a rail, way carriage window, followed immediately by a woman’s arm with an orange for a little boy who was passing along the platform. “Oh, they are no trouble to me.” said the mother of seven, who was leavng Auckland in the best of spirits to return to her home in the blackblocks (says the Star). The oldest of the seven was still of an age to qualify for half-fare, and they ranged down to the chubby-faced baby girl nestling in its mother’s arms. “ One hely-s the other, you know, and they don’t bother me much,” she added. “ Sure, hone vf them are spoilt.” So they all settled down in a seat towards the front of the train, the young lads in the highest of glee at the prospect of going back to their whare in the bush.

Because he would not let him sign off the vessel, Joseph Dunn, a fireman on the steamer Port Sydney, at present at Lyttelton, on Friday struck the captain on the face, and at the Lyttelton Court to-day was sentenced to six weeks’ imprisonment with hard labour, the Bench saying that the sentence would be a warning to others that they must not abuse the master of a vessel, who was responsible for the discipline of his crew.