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Star (Christchurch), Issue 9113, 19 December 1907, Page 3

An Irish lawyer, noted for his wit, wae. engaged hy a lady to defend an ac^ tion her husband, was bringing for judi--cial separation. While cross-examin-ing the plaintiff, he asked: ''You wish to leave this woniaji "because sRe drinks?" "Yes, sir." "Do you drink yourself?" "That's my business!" — angrily. Whereupon tbe unmoved lawyer quietly asked him: "Have you any other business?" Comparisons between the ispeed of the Lus.tania an d the two crack German liners would baye more valfae if we. were sure that the knots by wbich each bpat!*3 speed ie measured were of the same length in English feet Theoretically a knot (or nautical mife) is a niinute of arc of the pieridiaic*. of a paitipular latitude, and yaries'Vith the latitude, owing t<> the earth npt being a' perfect sphere. 'At the equator, for iijsti-jnce, a knot would be fiO4o.9^ft, at tfie 'R&* 61Q7.76ft, Wid in the latitude of the ocean route from Europe to New York q,bout 6080 ft. Nautical surveyors take into account • these small differences.