WHAT WE MAY COME TO

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3186, 10 September 1917, Page 3

WHAT WE MAY COME TO

| (By a Morbid Pessimist.) "Summoned for using a covering of sugar on a cake, aad abetting in the i sale of it, a confectioner at was ! fined ten shillings on each summons/' A painful scene was cnacted at the Old Bailey when John Scutterack, the well-known banker, was convicted of possession of a Bath bun. A secretary deposed that, entering the prisoner's office, she found him unable to speak, and noticed that he slid a newspaper over his desk. Having had suspicions arcused by noticing crumbs on his floor, bis secretary raised the paper and found tho half-consumed bun. In fulfilment of her obvious duty to her country, she communicated with Scotland Yard. ■Prisoner pleaded guilty, and said that lie had formed the Bath-bun liabit in pre-war days and was unable to resist temptation. He made a pathetic appeal for mercy, urging that, in £>nv ense, his Oity career was ruined. Passing sentence of two years' imprisonment, tho Judge said that he would consider the revision of the sentence if the prisoner divulged the source whence he had obtained the bun. The authorities had long suspected the existence in the City of a secret bun shebeen. « * • * Agnes Blnrr, The Nasturtiums, Penge, was acquitted at Croydon of employing ft domestic servant known as a "general" in contravention of the Munitions Acts. Discharging the case, the chairman of the Bench said that only the most complete proofs could be accepted in a charge of this serious nature. _ The Bench accepted tho defendant's evidence that the alleged' "general" wa3 a paying guest. For his own part he could not imagine any more wildly improbable 6tory than this trumped-up fable of the existence of a domestic servant of any sort in. these days. And, indeed, though he ought not to say it, he was inclined lo think that, even if the case had boen proved, the defendant's organising acquisitiveness ought to bo rewarded by a seat in the "Win-the-War" Cabinet. * * «. * "Too much sugar" was tho successful defence of a man charged at Burnet with disorderly conduct and assaults ujon tho police. Defendant expressed contrition, and explained that; his wife discovered some lump .'sugar in an old It being his birthday, he foolishly took two lumps of it in a cup of tea, and it "got into his head." He had no recollection of his subsequent behaviour.—"Daily Mail." For artistic floral work ring 'Phone 2-tf)!), or write .to Miss Poole, 70 Manners Street. "Wedding bouquets, wreaths, orosses, baskets, etc., executed in the choicest Howers in the latest designs. Now ready, beautiful boxes of fresh violets, packed for posting to any part of the Dominion, from 2s. upward:'.—Advt. A small boy was told to write a composition on parents. This was the result: "Parents aro things which boys have to look after them. Most girls have parents, too. Parents consist of pas and mas. Pas talk a good deal about what they aro going to do, but it's mostly the mas that make you mind." For cold in the head—inhale KTAZOL. For soro throat or tackling cough tithe somo drops on sugar. Used either way, NAZOL works wonders. CO d.oses Is. Cd. —Advt.

CANTERBURY BEATS WELLINGTON. The last match in the ladies' hockey tourney was played at Athletic Park on Saturday afternoon as a curtainraiser to tho Auckland-Wellington Rugby match. Tlio teaius matched for tho final eon. test were Wellington and Canterbury, and, with! previous matches as a guide, it was expected that the game would be closely fought out. This opinion proved to bo correct till nearing tho end of the match, when Wellington tired so badly that Canterbury almost ran over them. Wellington had had a severe jruellins in the match against Manawatu on tho previous day, and that accounted to eome extent for their defeat, but evou i£ t.hev had been -fresh they way not have beaten the Red and Blacks, who are an excellent eleven. • The combination of the visiting team was better than that of the home eleven, and their work was ole-aner and surer. Nevertheless, Wellington were even with their opponents when the game was drawing to its close, but they failed to last out the time, and in the iinal quarter of an hour Canterbury added two goals, making the final score: Canterbury, i goals. Wellington, 2 goals. The scorers for Canterbury were Misses M. Pearee (.1) and Hanham. Misses E. Williams and Grant scored for Wellington. Canterbury went through the tournament without a defeat, although they were lucky in beating Mnnnwatti. lianawatu'fl only defeat was that suffered at the hands of Canterbury. Wellington were beaten by Jlamnvatu and Canterbury, and Wairarapa did not secure a win. The management of the tournament was undertaken by Messrs. ,T. C. Cusnek and A. W. Manning.

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