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Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 576, 21 November 1902, Page 1

An eminent- judge used to say that (in his opinion) the very best, tiling ever said by a witness to counsel was tiie repiv given to Missing, the barrister, who was at the time leader of the circuit. lie was defending a prisoner charged with stealing a donkey. The prosecutor had ieit the animal tied up to a gate, and when lie returned it was gone. Missing was very severe in his cross-examination of the witness. “Do you mean to say witness that the donkey was stolen from the gate “1 mean to say. sir," giving ilie judge and .jury a sly look, at the’same time pointing to the counsel, “the ass was missing. In the production of common water glasses, the glass is Mown into a sphere about -Win. in diameter, sufiicienl material being taken to give the desired thickness, as the case may •!•«. Discs are then nut out from this sphere with tlie aid of a pair of compasses having a diamond at the extremity of one leg. There is a knack in detaching the disc after it has been cm. A good workman will cut 6000 glasses a day • The Government has shown a disposition to slow down on Labor legislation, and <nve the country a period of industrial rest,°vhi!e the trades unionists demand that there shall be no slowing down. They insist upon a c-ootinued policy of aggression against the employer class, for the greater benefit of the trades unionist. In fact, no policy will satisfy them which does not set up as its chief object the accompltshmeut of socialism and the constant wringing of further concessions from the hated employer. -Observer, The Observer says that the Auckland Herald is quite wrong when it says the last Pailiament did no good, Didn't it grab L4O. and raise the honorarium by TOO, and didn't it also borrow a few millions from John Bullion for the public good ?