ABSENT-MINDED LADY.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1752, 17 May 1913, Page 4

ABSENT-MINDED LADY.

EPISODE ON A TKAMCAIt. In tho Magistrate's Court yesterda?, Mrs. Martin Williams was charged with having failed to pay her tram faro on a Newtown-Thorndon Quay car 011 April 12. Mr. U. M. Beechey appeared for tho City Corporation, and Mr. M. F. Luckio for tho defendant. Conductor A. Urant deposed that Ill's. Williams had failed to pay, nnd that she had travelled from Newtown to Lambton Quay without buying a ticket. The car was not crowdcd and ho called for tickets half-a-doran times. Ticket-inspector Dowdlcy stated that tho conductor went immediately-ahead of.him along the car asking for fares. When witness a sited defendant! '(im Lambton Quay) to present her ticket sho handed out n penny. Witness asked her how for sho iiiul como, and slio said from J\c\\The defendant stated in c ™' cnCo ,J;'i'u she was very busy studying Oscar \\ lido for rehearsal and did not 110 lice tie conductor call for Iho fare. ion tlO inspector came along he snul that sho should have paid her fare. ITeff lo ed her into Kirkcaldies, tajing t-hal s'had not paid her tram fare, and a so followed her up the street. She objected to such "an impudent fellow'' following her about alleging that she failed 0 pay her, tram faro "T have never met such an impudent fellow in my s ' lo !? U, ' T) .., ~ Tho magistrate (Mr. Vt, G. .Biddell, KM). c nid that if a passeneor indulged n reading and did not hoar the conductor call for fares that was the passengers look-out. The defendant must bo convicted Sho ' would be ordered to ray court costs 75.. and witnesses expenses , Js in default 12 hours' imprisonment. ■

Written tenders will he received at tlio Public Works Office, Wellington, up till noon on Monday. June 30. for the eonstrnction of the Okalm Tunnel, and one iiul a lwlf of f o ™^' o " on t,1(l Stratford-Main Trunk railway, licat Okahukara. Tho lime for receiving tondors for (His work has been extended from April M to ,lune :W 1!.13. and the mn origiiudlv fixe.t for the coniple ion of the work has been reduced from four to three years..

For Children's Hncking CourH at "Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Is. bd t #