Clerk of Court Mistaken. An incident which caused much amusement oceurred in the Warkworth Police Court. From a glance at those in Court, it would have appeared to most observers that there wero no lad;:es present. Business had not gone veiy far when the clerk of the Court interrupted proceedings with a peremptory command addressed to a "man55 sitting in the rear of the Court, who was committing the offence of wearing a hat. "Take that hat off xx said the clerk. Then in a voice that eonfirmed its owner5s assertion came the reply, "I'm a lady, sir. ,5 "I5m sorry,55 said the clerk. There was, however, some justificaffon for the mistake, sinee, the lady was wearing a hat resembling a peaked cap, and moreuvei* had her iiair ent short somewlxat in the Eloxx crop style. .«
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 115, 1 June 1937, Page 6
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