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Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43376, 22 September 1908, Page 4

A witness m Sydney District Court last week, during the course of his evidence threw some light on the way some of the men “ out back ” do in their har money. The witness, a tall, gaunt typical westerner, told Judge Rogers in the most matter-of-fact way, that he had “ gone througbt ” about £SOO in a f9W days with* drinking, gambling and r icing. Most of his betting had been d,ne.on western conrses, and this called from his Honour the query, “ But five pounds is a pretty big bet out there, isn’t it ? ” “ Not much, sir, ” replied witness. “ They think nothing of four hundred to two hundred, and six hundred to three hundred, with books out there. ” “ And this £SOO you got rid of so quickly, ” said the judge, “ How long did you take to save that amount ? ” The witness reply and the off-hand tores of it, staggered the Court: “All my life,” he said.

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