“ Defendant sagged at the knees/’ said a constable, in giving evidence at the Christchurch Magistrate’s Court last week. Mr C. S. Thomas: “And you
think that when a man sags at the knees he is drunk? ” “ They often do,” replied the constable. Mr Thomas: “ I’ll tell you why the defendant sagged at the knees. The police had taken his braces away. You would not expect him to look like a man just turned out from Bond street? ”
A warning for children may be taken from the experience of_ a resident of Greenmeadows, near Napier, whose hand was quickly discoloured with poisoning last week after he had touched a jellyfish. He was exercising his dogs at Shelly Beach, near Parke Island, by throwing sticks into the water for the animals to retrieve. He accidentally touched a jelly-fish and the back of his hand quickly changed colour, assuming the hue of a severely struck eye. The alight pain which he suffered was soon relieved.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3996, 14 October 1930, Page 56
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