AttheClnistehurch R. M. Court the other day an old man was charged with having been found drunk m the street, and fipod. The man having:; a yery ancient appearance, the J^a,gteitra,te enauired, \\\s age, a.nd was jrifornied tl^at lie must {>e' nearly |0Q yeays old, and had a brother living who was believed to be six years older. The Magistrate said that a man of that age who had never been charged with an offence before might be permitted for once to get drunk without penalty, and he therefore remitted the fine. Thera are come good customers of hotel-keepers at Kajkonra, if the following advertisement from the local pajp.er may be tajcen as indicative of \\\e a(te^\tion one persQa at least p,ay^ fq trade ; — WaD|e^ a fjtrong a.nd staunch Team of bqlloqks to' draw a Gentleman out of an Hotel Bar.— Apply to Cue Chalk, No 50 up Tornay-Bireet,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 31, 7 January 1885, Page 2
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