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Thames Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 18495, 13 May 1932, Page 2

Trotting Work-outs. There was a fair amount of work done on the Parawai track to-day by horses engaged in to-morrow’s trots, but nothing sensational has been reported by the large number of interested spectators. Condition of Racecourse. Although rain has fallen fairly heavily the last few days, the racecourse is drying rapidly, and if the rain will only hold off, the track will be in good condition for to-morrow’s trots. Basketball ;Tourney Prizes. The prizes' for the' Thames-Hauraki Basketball' j Association’s flve-a-side tourney arrived to-day. They aro in the fCirm of five double tickets for seats in the dress circle of the King’s Theatre and are the gift of Mr Ross Meilde, to whom the thanks of the Association are due. Removed Shoes in Court. A big “gallery’’ in the Christchurch Magistrate’s Court on Friday afternoon last saw the unusual spectacle of a woman witness removing her shoe and flourishing it before the magistrate, Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M, with a finger pushed through a sizeable hole in the sole. It began when the magistrate asked the witness, who admitted her age as being 50 years if she classed herself as a young woman. It was then that she iemoved her footwear and remaiked. “If a married woman has to do that, what about the single ones. I was acting on behalf of the young women.” The incident occurred during the hearing of a charge against an unemployed leader of inciting lawlessness.