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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5072, 7 January 1927, Page 1

A relic-of bygone days Has come into ths possession of the chief officer of the Dunedin City Fire Brigade in t,he form of a sword. When a chimney was demolished at the Phbenix factory, where a lecent fire occurred, the sward was retiieved from the •mass of debris, (says an exchange). On the handle is the crdst, of an English regiment. That portion df the factory which was gutted was formerly the old gaol, but it is surmised that the sword was hidden in the oldstyle chimney.

"This is a question for the court to consider,” said Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M., in the Christchurch Magistrate’s Court, when a solicitor put in an admit,taTice Of means when asking for a judgment 'summons order against a judgment debtor. “I don’t place much faith in those statements, and would like, to have the debtor here and ascertain the position for myself. The Court is the only judge as to whether the debtor has sufficient money after supporting himself and family to satisfy the judgment. If this wonk is done in a solicitor’s office it is taking away from the Court the duty thrust upon it by the statute. I shall not make orders in future on the i strength of these