"Are yon deaf ?"—"Yes, your worsh— Honor." "Arc you very deaf?" "Yos, your Worship." ''llow lonp» have you been deaf?"—" About three or four years." Tlie questions wore asked bv .Judge .Sim, and the replies were readily made by a man who asked exemption from jury service on the ground that he was hard of hearing. ' You seem to bo able to hear me very well," remarked His Honor with a smile. This fact had struck other listeners, who smiled ?o loudly that the bailiff called for ''order."
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 77, 21 September 1911, Page 8
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88Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 77, 21 September 1911, Page 8
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