A MAORI WITNESS
NATURAL DESCRIPTION BRIGHTENING UP A DRAB CASE The evidence of a Alaori, witness a shearer, at the Wanganui sessions of the Supreme Court yesterday brightened the drab procedure of a lengthy land case. “Kahore, I can’t talk English so well,” he told counsel, smiling expansively, “but I talk Alaori well if you like.” (Laughter). “What was wrong with the sheep?” asked counsel. Witness, laughing: No kai. Counsel; What were the sheep like? Witness: Big sheep, very poor. No kai. Counsel: How was the feed? Witness: Feed? Kai? Oh, no kai. Overstock, I suppose. Counsel: If these sheep had kai, would they have been good? Witness: They ought to be. Counsel: What was the wool like? Witness: Oh, very small when you roll him up. I told boss: “You very lucky pay him off.” Counsel: How long have you been shearing? Witness: O-O-O-h. Twenty years 1 t’ink. “End? End? Kumata?” queried the Alaori, descending rapidly from the witness box when told his evidence was finished.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20167, 8 June 1928, Page 6
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167A MAORI WITNESS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20167, 8 June 1928, Page 6
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