'Th!e Pa'bsOn- and TflE BAILT*k— A smart thing occurred lately at Wan'gahui 1 over the serving of a summons. A well-known p argon not Laving 1 settled up his- aecoimiis witn^his servant 'On her leayuig, she took out a summons against him (for wages. The parson . expected ttv and seeing the bailiff x-omiug to- J •.wards him in the , street, » he mounted his horse, whioh had been standing at a post, and applying the sjJurs went off with the ; velocity} and, some whafr of/ the -grace of John Gilpin. > ,I'he bailiff being also mounted went ' in pursuit, and! the cha^e, though *a stern one, . was not a long on 6: bailiff's horse was the faster nag, arjid' overhauling the parsoi'i, the ingenious Jimb of^the law dropped the summons inia.thfilclerg^man's pocket, crying out triumphantly.^ " spved." The sequel' was, according _tp the" ""Herald," that the revprendigent|le,iaan j" caved in " and paid the M Q Wn *' ~~ ' i .•
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Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 404, 31 October 1874, Page 3
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154Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 404, 31 October 1874, Page 3
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