“Loss of Profits.”

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 164, 4 March 1932, Page 4

“Loss of Profits.”

"And loss of profits," said counsel in the Supreme Court at New Plymouth, when setting out the details of a claim for damages in the Magistrate's Court brought by a husbandin respect to injuries reeeived when his wife was knocked down by a horse. "Loss of profits," exclaimed Mr. Justice Blair. "J always thought a wife was a liability and not a profit." The plaintiff, who was the respondent in the appeal before the Court, had a market garden. He himself was in hospital at the time of the accident, and his wife lookqd after the garden. Another detail in his claim (says the Taranaki Daily News) was for "loss of her companionship." His Honour pointed out, however, that as a result qf the accident the woman was taken to the hospital, too, so they would be nearer than ever. Canadian Geese Destructive. "The landowners do not want to kill out the Canadian geese altogether, but they do want them kept to Lake Ellesmere," said Mr. W. O. Rennie, at a meeting of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society. The geese, ne said, could do incalculable damage in a short period, for they were usually in mobs of 500, and at night— when most of the harm was done — as many as 2000 would be together. They wduld eat as much feed in a night as 200 sheep, but they were worse than sheep, for no stock would graze where they had been. What they did not eat they trampled down, East Coast Floods.

An ex-Stratford resident, writing from the Gisborne district, gives a few incidents showing the effects of the recent flood (says a Taranaki paper). He says: "The floods have been very bad. Thousands of acres are covered with silt to a depth of two to four feet. Not a blade of grass is to be seen. In some places the silt i$ as high as the stacks and fences. Some maize crops have only the tops showing out of the silt. Some farmers say that it is ten times worse for thfem than the big earthquake, as the mud is everywhere, many losing all their stock, and dead stock are lying everywhere. One farmer who has a

;ractor and motor had the tractor . raried completely, and the top of the iood of the lorry is showing out of ;he mud. People were maroonpd on ;he tops of their houses, and had to ne rescued in boats. The railway ;rain crawls in covered in mud, being vhite instead of black." Alsatian v. Snake. Mr. W. D. Walton, of Lithgow, New South Wales, was awakened at night recently by the barking of his dog, an Alsatian. He got out of bed and saw a 6ft snake gliding across the room. It Was pounced upon by the dog, which gripped the reptile near the head. When Mr. Wilton attempted to pull it from the dog's mouth the dog would not let go, and Mr. Wilton was obliged to sever the snake's head with a large knife, using the floor as a block. Would Get Money to Fight. "If war broke put to-morrow the country would get the money to fight. During the last war we could organise for the destruction of life; surely, now we can organise for the preservation Of life by helping the unemployed," said the Rev. A, A, Armstrong (Wellington) at the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, when unemployment was being discussed, reports the Evening Post. 'What is wanted is ihe Christianisation of political actibh, and the only thing is for the chiirch to exert constant pressure unti} we get the Christianised politieian. The time has come for organisation on a national basis, for the small local organisation is no longer sufficient. Germany knows how to deal with its uriemployed young men, drafting them on a compulsory basis. We want something more than mere voluntarism at this time of national peril." Luck Was with Her. One Thames lady, the wife of a man who has had the misfortune to he Out of work for some time, was implored by a friend to give her half-a-crown to make up a ticket at the Te Aroha races. After some thought, she consented, ^nd her friend added the 7s 6d. Biform was the horse sejeqted, and that only by a fluke. The Thames lady reeeived a large and inost welcome dividend for her halfCrown, for the Paeroa hurdler paid over a third of a century. The money will not be wasted, for it .has gone in the clothing of the family.