An anecdote ia told of an eminent judge, now dead. While a junior he had to speak of a questionable proceeding, and taid "Gentlemen of the jury, the defendant has been amusing himself by flying kites." " Doing what ? " said the judge. " Flying kites, my lord — putting his name to accommodation bills." " why are they called kites?" "Why, my lord, there is a connection between the schoolboy's kite and the wind; only, in one instance the wind raises the kite, in the other the kite raises the wind,"
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 311, 13 May 1869, Page 3
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