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Evening Star, Issue 19782, 4 February 1928, Page 11

A man was before the Police Court this morning charged with having stolen a quantity of music valued at £2B ss. Detective Beer said that the accused had been before the court at Wellington, and that as it was a matter of extradition, a further remand of one week would be necessary. There was a suggestion that the whole thing could be explained and fixed up, but that was not a matter for the police here. Mr G. T. Baylee. who appeared for the accused, asked that the latter s name be suppressed in the meantime, as it had been in Wellington. The magistrate (Mr J. R. Bartholomew) granted the remand, and ordered the suppression of the name. Bail was granted as before. We heard this funny little verse a few days ago; Mary had a little mule. It followed her to school; The teacher, like a fool, Went up behind the mule, And hit him with a rule. And there wasn’t any school. A professional cricketer of former days still does some coaching for minor schools, and is ever ready to take part in a match that promises good sport. The other day he received a telephone message in tho afternoon from a police station. He understood the sender to say that a great cricketing friend was there, and would be go along and “bowl him out.” Thinking that the request was a humorous way of suggesting he should join in a police match, he trotted alone, complete with kit, only to find that his acquaintance was in. custody for being- exuberant and had sent along a request for him to, “ feail him out 4”