"Where ignorance is bibs 'tis felly to be wise." This did not prove so in the Napier Magistrate's Court on a recent morning when a young man, eviihe courthouse with ids hat on. and (Irmly a country cousin, walked into onlv removed it upon being ordered in do so by the bailiff. Thereupon (if—latts the "Hawke's Hay Herald") his nerves probable having rotciveir a shock he pulled out a favourite briar and commenced to light it. Luckily for himself, neither His Worship nor the officers noticed him. and a friend j quickly 'explained court etiquette, which had the effect of the pipe being quickly pocketed.
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 July 1923, Page 4
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