As ■witness in the Supreme •Court at Auckland on Thursday said' it was tlie custom among! Dalmatians' to pass money roiuid without .giving or receiving receipts. If they made a loan they -would not. he added, think of asking for a receipt. "That" is not an unusual practice, even among our own people," remarked his 'Honour Mir Justice Hoskirig. "ilf you lend a friend £lO you "would not asfo for a. receipt, although perhaps you would not get your money- back," whereupon there was general .merriment in Court-. His Honour also pointed to i the loss of Tevenue to the country, as; ! the Stamp Act was being- evaded 'by ! failure to give receipts.
Lost, strayed'—gone noire knows where, 'Twas witii me yesterday, I do declare. It racked) my chest, my head l was sore, It's gone. I'M ne'er see it more, What? Not a cough? Yes, yes, for sure; Lost' -when I usect Woods* Peppefmint Cure.
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Nelson Evening Mail, 27 September 1916, Page 5
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156Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 Nelson Evening Mail, 27 September 1916, Page 5
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