THE STATUS OF A FARMER.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3338, 17 November 1919, Page 7

THE STATUS OF A FARMER.

DEPENDS UPON LOCALITY.

“For at man to be ableto call hm:~ self a farmer nowadays is apparently suflicient, indication that he is a man of subst:lnce———at any rate, as far as the skopkeepers are concerned,” said Mr Justice Hosking in the .‘3lipl-emc Court recently, when summing up in a case in which a man obtained gcc-(is to the value of £lO7 from the firm of Kirkcaldie and Stains, Ltd., on the statement-, that he ivas a farnier just f.=utSidß Taihape. In evidence it was stated that, on inquiry being made at Taihape, the man’s name was unknown. His Honour also I'ell‘.alke(jl that Taihape was a well-known township of considerable iinportzxiiizcs, whereas Aria (the place at which was ascertained the mall had his 2:'é_ll*m',! was somewhere‘ in the backiiloc-ks, and a locality that was seldom h;-ard of. A farm just outside 'L‘:—,uhapo was a much greater indication of 2; man’s substance than one near Aria. The jury had, therefore, to decide whether the accused, for the pu-spoeg rt‘ 021)taining goods, had intentioriaily made a mis-statement to the {inn as to die locaiity and importance of his holding, with the object of obtaining goods on credit.