PHILOSOPHER

NZ Truth, Issue 1184, 9 August 1928, Page 7

PHILOSOPHER

Some Dipgean^ Stuff

(Promv "N.Z. Truth's? Rep.) fc > There was a ."time when the star.; 1 j j ' .' of William V James ■■• .flannatyne. fr twinkled brightly m .the legal con- ?■: stellation m Dunedin, but that. was f; years ago." ■': ; -'". ; " ; ;; v _'.' ■<;-* .■_..'■ ■. % DEDUCED to abject poverty,!' and t *V, without home, Jriends or employ- i merit, he sought the ; shelter of the X. . Town Belt where, m a clump of .native i. bush, he established a' canip.:;? ' ' v'; ; : % Despite' liis. sixty-six years, he seemed to weather it 'fairly ; well, but. X the, -court, has decreed? that. Willfain " James shall m futiire hay.c.. v ,a,Xpn^Q^. t " even though it be 'on ther =' ; charity^bf^'r the State. \ ' ' V.-?»" • Banriatyne's only excuse for taking up his abode m the belt of bush which", is Dunedin's proud boast, was that he: suffered from 'concussion of the' brain >■• and spinal trouble and that an old-, soldier advised him to lie on fallen ; leaves witli his head ori a slope when* . lie felt the approaching symptoms of >- his trouble. '. : .' I' : .:: i When ' charged before Magistrate i;.A\ Bundle with being idle and disorderly ; ■ and having no lawful visible means of j support, Bannatyne said his • memory 1 1. was failing him and he suffered-; periodical attacks m the head. • V He did legal work when his Head ■■ was right, and earned a pittance by drawing up wills. ;: Bannatyne will m future not have to summon the aid of Dunediri's daily papers to withstand the rigors of the frigid south, as Magistrate Bundle: made an order committing him to the benevolent institution' where he will be able to enjoy the comforts provided for the. aged and infirm .who have made no provision for their sustenance during the evening of , life. - ■■'"• .- . •