Page 4 Advertisements Column 7

NZ Truth, Issue 142, 7 March 1908, Page 4

It is not through constantly ridirw on- a merry-go-round that saajty y«vais maids become giddy. The enthusiastic reporter oi t4« Webb-Tiesidder burl»wque ca. Wfttganui "Herald" reproved pra-i'eac* for, sending along the miv a,t t%» psychological moment of tit iftei'. He explains : " Evan . womcu walked the sev«n miles between the town and Upokcngarb. And a ni^e time they ha.d of it ! But spite of dragaled petticoats and mud-caked trousers, the walkcva sclashed alone:, arriving 1 , some at them, even alter the scullers bad rok under way on their 3-£ mile journal .*' "Truth" welcomes the ntws Uiat 'b« ladies wore trousers as «i valmi'^e social item, but would, point out ta the excited Wangauui . journal the indelicacy of the re£er.ence m. naked print. . ; Mrs Maxwell, of I.^.L. .restaur-ant.. Wellington, considers she . ha* causa for complaint. Miss Ada Murray, florist, has occupied rooms on her premises for three years, at o. rental on a gradually ascending- scale. ,Withi»> the past year she contracted verbally, to pay £3 a. week, and used to produce £12 on the Ist of cvr-vv month, and this she handed to hoc landlady. It was pointed out to h'--' that it should be £12 r»vevy io»r weeks, and not that sum at the c»ul of a calendar month, and Mis-s Mn 1 . 1 - | ray is stated to have admit\ed ll(i v liability for an extra month m { '«*. year. When the flowc-r pivl shifu v i;into other ptetnises ver:ently she fiii'fd to square up for the exiva month, and proceedings worfi inßtiiuiOi.l ;«- gainst her. Witnesses were pren.inxi to swear to M«ss 'Murray's acknowledgment nf indebtedness.' but the Bench dismissed the action wiliioiit hearing evidence upon !e.ut:inu; llu-.t Mrs Maxwell was m the hahit of receiving £12 on the Hist <Uvy »»l each month. Costs ?,iu\ y?itru:s\V»' .^vpenses went a sains I tlie laM-Uiidv. ?\ixi she is much mortified at Miss Murray's repudiation of a .iust dohl. particularly as the plaintiff had Luca very, good to thp florist,