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Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 February 1915, Page 2

Mr P. W. Goldsmith, Town Clork, returned from bis holiday oil Saturday. An important .judgment was delivered at Oxford by Mr Bailey, S. 31. bearing upon total isator investments. The ease was one in which William I 1 en wick sought to recover from Keith Giwin the sum of £26 9s ,alleging that he gave Gunn £2 to invest on a horse at the New Brighton trots. The horse won, but Gunn only paid over the dividend l on one £1 ticket, returning the remaining £1 to pTanitiff. Defend", ant contended that the matter was 'o be left to the owner's discretion, and the latter had only invested £1. Mr Bailey held that ft was lestaWished that only £1 had be«n invested, and plaintiff couJd not succeed. He also held that as the transaction between plaintiff and defendant was illegal, plaintiff couldi not recover under section 53 of the Gaming Act. 1908. One of the most interesting and at the same time instructive sights to he seen round Rotorua is the work of afforestation the Government has been pushing forward during the past few years. Between Rotorua and Waimangn acres and acres of hillside havo been planted by prison labor. The young shrubs come from the State nurseries at Whakarewerewa, where, on the hills surrounding that wonderland, the Government ' las also carried out a oom--2t is admitted that the Dutch army can hold up and perhaps defeat three German army corps should it really come to a battle. The Hollanders are fine fighting men, and) the army of Queen AVilhelmina finds its best strength in the moral qualities of the average Dutch officer.. The Dutch officer is remarkable not only for his own personal courage and knowledge, but for his cool-blooded control over any situation. ' \ D "T*