“TWO 808 A MONTH.”
DOESN’T SATISFY MAGISTRATE STOUT.
Counsel for plaintiff was examining a Native debtor in a judgment summons ease in the local S.M. Court yesterday, before Mr. J. L. Stout, S.M. Do you remember plaintiff obtaining judgment against you for this amount last year? —Yes. What have you been doing since? —Not much work. You are a good shearer. Why couldn’t you get a job shearing?— The weather was against shearing. The S.M.: What, tod hot? What are you going to do? How much can you pay off this account? —About two bob a month. SAL: You’ll pay ten shillings per month, and you’d better get some work to do. Witness: Worse luck, nothing doing. The S.M.: 1 don’t think you’ve looking for work. The default will be fourteen days. And a genial Maori l®ft the witness box.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3750, 4 February 1928, Page 3
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140“TWO BOB A MONTH.” Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3750, 4 February 1928, Page 3
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