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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 98, 19 January 1935, Page 14

A large lorry which had mounted upon it a doirble-decker cage for cusj-y--ing sheep was returning empty from Westfield through Papakura. It stopped at a local store, and, after the driver had done some business, made a fresh start. Evidently the driver had not gauged the balance of his vehicle, for before going 20yds.' he was minus his cage, which.fell to the road with a crash. With the assistance of some strong young men it was up-ended and the lorry backed under, and soon the outfit was on its way not much the worse for the episode.

The meaning of the word “scab” was the subject of some debate in the Christchurch Magistrate’s Court, in the course of a case brought as the result of dissension among Mr. R. A. Young was appearing for the defendant, and had great difficulty in getting the witnesses to define “scab.” He himself produced a dictionary from which he showed that its real meaning was synonymous with “shabby.” Mr. E. D. Mosley, S.M., ended the debate when ho said that any man had a perfect right to consider himself insulted if he were called a “scab.”