The Passing Show
pHARGED with selling liquor without a license, cafe-owner was haled to court so promptly, that he hadn't time to- change his dress. One shivers to think how he might have gone to court if the police liad detected him drinkinghis bath- watex*. '
MODERN sailor's ideal: A strike m 1 *'*• every port. ;" ■'# ' .*■'.'.• AMERICAN millionaire Hearst says ■"■■■that Yankee objections to submarines are purely due to a horror of war. Which explains why every other country is m debt to U.S.A. over the last one.
*. * * A SENSATION was created when a bull broke into a bank, but nothing is said of the "bulls" and the "bears" who haunt the stock exchange. ■
called m to render medical aid, Freda had crossed the Great Divide, her lips cold m silence and m death. When Dr. Horton an-ived at the home, he could see at a glance that the woman was beyond all human aid. The police were informed and the body' was removed to the morgue, where a post-mortem examination took place. What the pathologist found m his examination has not been divulged.
It was when the police began to look into the case, preparing for the opening of the inquest, that the chief detective apparently developed his grievance. | The inquest was fixed for 9.30 a.m. on Friday last, but it was ten before a, start could be made. Lawyer Brodie (for Lawyer Singer) appeared for the relatives of the dead girl. ;* The only witness called was Mrs. Doris Dunnefeard, a si3ter of Freda. 1 Coroner Hunt lost no time m inquiring" about the delay. "Why were you not .here at half-past nine, as you were told?" he asked, at the same time pointing out that it was then after ten. !
Mrs. Dunnefeard replied that she had been with her solicitor. Lawyer Brodie chipped m with the explanation that there had been a misunderstanding with regard to the time. In reply to questions by the coroner, Mrs. Dunnefeard informed the court that she was a sister of the dead woman and that until recently Freda had been a clerk m the employ of the Te Aroha Borough Council. " • Coroner Hunt then encountered a deflnitft st.ra.in of hnstility m 'jthe. woman m the witness-box, - "Where did your sister live?" he wanted to know. There was a long pause and the n tMr s. Dunnefeard 'created surprise by. replying: "I refuse to answer that question." . Cor o ner Hunt seemed as though he could jhardly j credit his sense of hearing aright. '!What, you refuse to answer?" he demanded sternly. "Yes," came the steady and deter-
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NZ Truth, Issue 1197, 8 November 1928, Page 1
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433The Passing Show NZ Truth, Issue 1197, 8 November 1928, Page 1
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