“The Truth and Nothing but the Truth.” —The following is related as having occurred in a Magistrate’s Court in the Colony :—“ A boy being a witness, the Magistrate asked him if he knew the nature of an oath. The boy said he did not understand the question, so the solicitor suggested to his Worship that he should explain to the witness what would be the penalty if he deviated from the truth. The worthy magistrate accordingly did so in these words —‘ Look here my boy. if you tell a lie, you’ll go down there (pointing to the floor) and you’ll catch it hot.’ ” The latest Parisian design for earrings consists of a golden gridiron, on which is laid a heart formed of garnets, the idea to be conveyed being that of a bleeding heart upon the fire of love.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 245, 6 February 1875, Page 2
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139Untitled Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 245, 6 February 1875, Page 2
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