"WHAT IS POVERTY?"

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1961, 19 January 1914, Page 6

"WHAT IS POVERTY?"

"POOR" MEN lAND LARGE INCOMES. What is poverty P Dγ, F. W. Mackenzie-, of Wellington, defendant in a eiril action, said in the Magistrato's Court, on Saturday that ho was a poor man. Mr, V. R. Meredith: Foot I Haven't you property? Dr. Mackenzie: Tako away my property, and I will be free, Mr. Evans, S.M.: I havo heard of men with thousands of pounds coining tn id them saying they wero poor. I ■ havo known in, man travel sccond-claes because, thoro was no third, and the stfi.mi) duty on his will was over £1000. And ho was always .poor. The question i(£ What is porerty?' ' Advice, 'tis cheap, eo we are told, And people oft ignore it; But if they had to pav, I'm mire, In their brain-pans they'd store it. But' very few upon this Earth Could fnil their friends to adjure, Everyone blessed with common sens© To' drink Woods' Groat I'eppenaivit Cnrc.-Advt. Jhe famous "Eoslyn" Writing Padn j){. wiwe in stock. George, and George, }61-163 Cuba. Stroot.—Advt, ' Three-tenths of the ■earnings of a Belgian convict ore Riven to Jiiin on the. expiration of his term of imprisonment. The Now Zealand Esprc33 Gompany'e Argyll motor lorry has now covered nearly 25,000 miles in two years' se r . vice without any- breakdown. it \ ai made frequent lonjr journeys up country, rtmetimes of between 200 aiid 500 m.il C 3 in the round tfifs, full loads nil the time, and CTdssinj the PaekaWiki and RimUtal'a Eaddtcs. Arftylls are adopted by the principal munierpalitics and. motor transport companies in New Zealand, For ini&cdiato dcliwry one 1-ton Are-11 commercial vehicle. J, J!. PitEfforald, Lsmbton Quay, North Island agent-Advt. Messrs. W. G. Tu-rntall afld Cβ., Ltd., will hold a stack sale, at the Waipona yntdft, MaiSfcrton, on Wednesday, ary 21. THE OVERLAND ON A TOUGH JOB, The road f.roni Gisborno to ToUga ia one of the stretches in ■ the Dominion. Yet, early lost month, two Overload Cars seoomplieliAd the trip in spite of all t.fco obslaolos and difficulties of this saiidy country. Ono ca.r w«s the property d ilt. George Kirk, driven by Mr. H<i.!cy, and mirj-ing three otlicr passengers. Tho eeeoild cor wns Mr. Onnortd's 2-soater, Gisbornc waa left at 8.15 in the morninp. and by 12.40 p.m. both cars hod at-rived , in Tolaga. Tho diCieultics eiicwinicrcd included a quieksand, from which the larger ca; , was extricated by using its Qwn ■ power apiinst rop , !* tied tn the wheels. Ti»io sifter time the Overland Car liei bten put to the severest tesis midcr the worst read conditions that; Now SivJilond can uliow, iind oi>cl\ time this wontWful car oonies out triitinpliant. Vox ths ivian who wants r. car wnibining dißiiily. Isoaidy, i»Jrcr, n«d Speed, iU Ovoriaiid offers'his ittoat. Tin? Overiiiml iseqiiippod with .ekctrta lighU, wwtne seu-slarter, electric horn, rthd every lnSury (hot the modern motorist <los}i*s. A. JUTKICK 1 AND CO"..'LTD.. WKIJ.I.NGTON oisd W-ANGANUI, Agents for North Island. PUNK AND PIUKGMS, PALMKRStON ■ FPILDING. P. W. RKARDON, MAS-