FORTUNE-TELLERS.
THE POLICE AND THE BENCH. • (By Toloeraph.—Press AssoelMlon.l Auckland, August 7. The attention that has recently been drawn in the pulpit and the. press to clairvoyants, fortune-tellers, and others who practiso upon the credulity of tho public for pecuniary gain was the. subject of a conversation to-day between a reporter and a prominent police official. "Wo know that such people are practising their profession here in Auckland," ho said, "to the number of- perhaps a hundred, from tho old hag who croons over cards to tho crystal-gazer and the pseudo-scientific person." But, ho pointed out, what could the polico do when tho magistrate regarded the policeman as nn accomplice of the person against wliom he was trying to secure evidence, and when a judge of the Supreme Court, on being appealed to, asked if the Auckland polico had nothing belter to do than to harass a lot of old women? The officer said that ho knew of some oaso3 at least whete trouble had beon brought-into homes.through the influence of these fortune-tellers. They were mostly patronised by yo.ung • girls, perplexed by the eternal problem: "He loves me he loves me not," or by foolish women" concerned about the- fidelity of (heir husbands. Then it was thot-'the'tnllc of tho fair man or the "dark woman or some oilier interfering person . was taken In heart, and domestic strife was culled.
Just a little sneezing, Just a little chill; Just a lot of medicine, Just a nasty pill. Just a week of coughing, Still no chance, of cureRut if you'd bought Woods' Peppermint You'd be w.ell, I'm sure/ U3*
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1514, 9 August 1912, Page 2
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267FORTUNE-TELLERS. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1514, 9 August 1912, Page 2
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