NEWS AND NOTES.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 July 1923, Page 3

NEWS AND NOTES.

An A iickbiiul -..iicitor v. bo has iu-i | ieliirneil iioin a visit tu Ihatuvs re- | kites an amusing -tors ceacti'd m the! Magistral c's I'nlliT iiivie the other j \ vimng Mauri wa- charged with using nb-i Civ language, and was | fniiiiil guilty. The pm-eciit mg puhee | otih-.-r thereupon handed in tiie presid- j iii-g magistrate aicii-cd's ii-t oi pre- j vii ill - convici inn-. ")-.'-. I sec you have a fairly long li-1." -aid the Magistrate. "Oh, no. only Ihe very lew." replied the .Maori. "Well, in 1010 yoll were convicted for u--au!t. in I!>2oynii were c: lividcd for ii-ing obscene i.Hlgnogc. and lab.t on yon were again convicted for assault. Wbal have you t„ Miv lo that added lli- Wm-liip. "\V,.||. vim see, 1 only guilty of assault or.ee, l lie -co,mil one you can't count. You sec. il was a family affair." The native -milcd. Iml Hint had no effect on the magistralr. who handed out a sciitcii-e oi tlt ret mont h-' im ju'i- I .iitncnt. ('on side ra bl" aui us nu'Ui t "'as caused in the Hamilton Su|>remc ('nun by a Hibernian witness during the bearing oi tiie King Country imu lorgery cases. "Is if nni n la' 4 .' a-led Alt' -Jobiistone. for a 'em • "Rial Ami wain lo g.'-i pri-oii",' on: of the «ay iii order ilia! you can get more money ] nut nl lb" Government." "I dmi'l | care a dainni wliMlhm* 1 ever an- | oilier penny nut ol tiie (•nverunuMii nr u !iat you <l<» with mpli -d | »vii ne>s. Counsel : I?ill is it »>«it a . lad ilvat ymi said you wished y«n liad j put a phtu: ol n-cliyimc uudd' prisoiuu . | Witness: Tite devil: 1 didn’t put ii like that at all. What I did say wa? that I "Lli I bail pul c. plug of gelignite under him and have Mown him to smil hcreeps and have saved all Rm I,piker, if.oml laughter, in wliieh TTIs Honour joined . When, linallv silence was restnreil. wit it"‘-s added dryly, "that is. of rov.r-e. if I could have first got him t.) sit on the plug.” Re-m-wed laughter). 1 1, 1- interesting ju-t now when Hm cost of huihling five-rooineil houses is being iliscussud with -o much diversity of opinion, to quote the prices teuderc,i for a five-roomed dwelling which llu> Hospital Hoard intends to erect at tin- back of the Costlev I lonic grounds oil a sloping site, for the occupation of the newly-appointed house manager -avs the Auckland “Star"). At the lasi meeting ol the hoard there were no less than nine tenders received, and the prices varied from Cd:il> to C|sl)B, although a inability ol the lender- ranged at prices very little cx-,.e-ding <JI(KK). It can he easily done at the tit-ice of the lowe-t tender, was the opinion expressed by buildci- ol experience on the board, and it " ,IS stated that the lowest tenderer was willing to -tart right away.