HIS HONOUR’S NOTES

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 360, 22 May 1928, Page 1

HIS HONOUR’S NOTES

EVIDENCE DISPUTED “AN EFFECTIVE ANSWER” A sharp passage between Mr. Justice MacGregor and Mr. R. Singer, counsel for respondent, disturbed the serenity the proceedings at the Supreme Court during the course of divorce proceedings this morning. r - Singer, in the course of crossjjainination. suggested to petitioner hat when he knocked at his wife’s window, he received an answer. His Honour: You are not following Jhe evidence given, Mr. Singer. The ?■** state plainly that when he was "indow and trying to enter, his ire pulled the window down on his eck. That was the only answer; a effective one, too. * *■ later stage his Honour called •ur. Singer’s attention to the fact that 2? Wa * again misquoting the evidence siven. Mr. Singer: Well, it is according to note. HU Honour: I am not in the habit of saving my notes disputed. These are ne official notes. Please go on with yo H r cros s-examination. Air. Singer said he did not intend to nf 3 ?u te his Honour’s notes, but those the associate. His Honour: Well, those are my notes. Singer again expressed his regret an d the matter ended. sirT lr * at Rotorua.— Fire caused conbv- u le damage to a house occupied § t Mr * H. M. Stephenson in Rutland Biu. 6 ?' Rotorua, but the fire brigade lioiu buildin o from total destruc-