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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 588, 30 November 1920, Page 3

When the trial of Anderson was proceeding at the Magistrate's Court, Taumarunui, the legal fraternity and Court officials were surprised to hear a chorus of voices singing a weddinghymn close at hand. The explanation was soon forthcoming, when it was whispered round that a wedding was proceeding in the hall next the Court. Strange to say, the motorcar for the bridal party, and the motor-car which acted as the Black Maria for the accused man, stood end to end at kerb outside the Courthouse, and some witty individual suggested that one man was being "tried," while another was being "tied" for his life. A sawmiller in a big way of business was asked the other day what he though of Judge Stringer's announcement concerning the nine shillings a week bonus. He replied: "It does not worry me in the least; nor would it if a bonus of nineteen shillings were given. I simply pass it on; to the public, plus a profit. Of course, the working man will have to pav more to build a house, or a higher rent; but that's his funeral, not mine. Every award that has yet been made 1 have passed on; and I shall continue to do so, and all the unions in the world can't prevent me from doing what everybody else does." This may be brutal frankness, but it is only (says the Taumarunui Press) a statement of fact. ,