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Manawatu Herald, 26 May 1903, Page 2

We regret to learn of the death at Hyde (Otago) of Mr Thomas Lewis formerly stationmaster here. Holiday excursion tickets will be issued from Saturday 30th May to Wednesday, 3rd June, available for return till 24th June. Flaxmilling must be very dry work as a miller upon oath the other day said he met a man who had coma down from his mill for whom he shouted a pint of beer, and asked him to have another,- then another, until the the thirsty one had four pints straight one after another 1 Mahuta, the Maori “ King " has been called to the Legislative Council, and thus the country is to profit by the experience that high potentate has has gained in the back country. It was officially announced at Ottawa that the new penny postage to Australia was to commence yesterday. The following was the final sen tence of the Chief Justice summing up in the Napier,libel case : —“ You have a duty to perform not only to the plaintiff, but to the community, because if newspapers are not to be allowed to criticise men seeking public positions, not to be permitted to refer to their past lives or express opinions to the facts, then such a muzzle would be put on the press as would render it of very little value.’’