NEWS AND NOTES.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 September 1924, Page 3

NEWS AND NOTES.

“A lead of hay and a big drink ol water makes a lot of dili'eren :• to tinajijicarame of dairy eoxvs at a c-car-ance sale," remarked a witness in a coxv warranty ease at the 'le Awnmutu Alagistiiite’s Court.- Kxel-.i-.iip-.

Inslaueiiig the iiiianeial trials of country sho|i-ke{'|ieis. the defendant in stated (says an i-xchange) that it v.aau action at tlm Aloi inisville Court two years Hie.".- In- el.-sod his store at I loc-o-taiiiui. mill there xveiv amount ', total!iup C'!<!3 '-till ontstaiuling.

[t was pointed out by a spe-ker aa mei-tiim of the Om.mru Chamber <>l Commerce (states the “North Otago Times”) that one business in the >o«u came under no fexver than six axvm-l-. This led to endless eoiil'usioii ill repanl to holidays.

“The folly of this Court is that mu-Aln-dstiate makes mi order and anotner is asked to vary it." said Mr I-- KHunt. S.M., when dealing with an applieation for the variation ol a mmntenallie order in the Auckland - trate’s Court frejiorts the l -The pro,,or course.” tl.e AL.gistrate eenlinuod, “would be to apjdy l"r tho variation of an onh-r to the Alagistrail* who heard the iaetft and made tnc c)^der. ,,

“He has a slow rule, so we can L-, him oil'.” said a member ol too Levels County Council ui replv to unotlui member, who slated that it " fair that a motorist should ‘-in,(l a vear under the new \ ehide> b\M, when'll man who drove a horse and cart, wliieli did just as much damage to the roads, got off Sent free. A thin member (reports the 1 mim u < ” reminded his •colleagues that it ‘ ‘ motorist who demanded the pool roads.

“Tliere is a far greater disease than cancer or tuberculosis.” This was the almming statement made hy I,r Timelier during the course "f an undress mi health (says the “Lyttelton Times"). “By far the greatest disease in the world is "old.'’ said tne doctor “That is. the want of it. or 11,e lack of it. U creates worry, and we have all experienced that worry at some time or other.” The latest form of midnight revel in "Wanganui is motoring on the footpath (states the •‘Chronicle”). as a certain morning was ushered in, a motorist turned into the avenue from Plymouth ‘Street, lie took to the eastern footpath and careered along under verandahs to Guyton. Street. Another motorist pursued him and took his number.