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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4589, 23 July 1923, Page 2

“Do you smoke ?” asked counsel of a judgmnet debtor in the Ashburton Court. “Not much,” replied the young man. “Who gives you the money to buy cigarettes?” was the next question. The reply raised much laughter : “I get nearly all the cigarettes I smoke from someone else!” Not long ago a hen at Raglan laid - an egg that looked just like the com; mon or garden egg* and which fitted comfortably into a cup. One end was peeled off, and instead of succulent white and yolk, another shell was disclosed. Double-yolked eggs are < not very uncommon, but a doubleshelled one is an unusual phenomenon. A> correspondent sends in a' little $ story showing how wise It is to refrain from interpreting Maori unless you are well versed /in it. In a great battle an old Maori and his son had fought all day together, and as night fell the father saw his son slain before his eyes. The old man “Haere koe, e tama, i he tai po; ine noho au mo te tai ata” —“Go, my son I you depart by the evening tide ; f will follow by the morning tide.” The late Mr A. L. D. Fraser told what happened when this was interpreted in the Native Land Court on a certain occasion. To begin with, it is commonly supposed that “taipo” means “devil,” and the alteration ■ of a single letter converts “evening tide” . (tai ata) into fence (tai apa). The interpreter, after momentary hesitation,.thus interpreted: "The old gentleman ,when he saw* his son dying, said: ‘You go to the devil, and I’ll* get over the fence • ■■■•: Yes, “ I’m On My Way To Mandalay,” Over mountain* stream* and sea. - - Yes, I sail to day to Mandalay, Where the Brahmin Hindus be. ip Where Ghandists growl and the Par- 1 sees prowl In a phthisical temperature, Tm bearing good news to Burmese Jews , . About Woods’ Great PeppennltC Cure.,