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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2077, 11 May 1907, Page 4

The hearing of the appeal of Emily Weiss, holder of a Now Zealand wine license, against a conviction recorded against her by Dr. McArthur, S.M., for a breach of the licensing laws, was taken in Banco before Mr. Justice Cooper at Wellington yesterday. In the course of .a preliminary clis’cussion, it was stated that no further evidence in tho case would bo called, the Magistrate’s very full notes of the evidence taken in the Court below being available. Mr. Justice Cooper said ho thought it could be taken that Mrs Weiss did not know that tho wine she sold possessed an excess of alcohol, though whether slio had made reasonable enquiry was another matter. Tho case lor His Honor was rather that it was necessary on tho part of the prosecution to show a guilty mind., and if appellant did establish that slio had no guilty mind-, whether the case should have been dismissed by the Magistrate. Tho Court reserved its decision. •

The Dunedin Star reports a novel invention to remedy one the commonest of life’s little worries. Hardly a man or woman walks exactly true, and boots and shoes have a knack of invariably wearing away on the side of each heel. The evil feeds on its own growth, as it were, until, unarrested, it results in the uncomfortable and unsightly condition known as “down at heel.” The invention consists in a division of tho heel into two equal parts. The lower part, on which the wear comes, is attached to the ]>n rt on which the upper rests by means of a slide joint and a countersunk screw. When the wear becomes uneven the lower parts of both heels are detached, the right foot detachable piece is slid into the heel of the left boot and screwed up, or vice versa. Thus what was the inner or least worn part of each heel now becomes the outer, and remains so until the wearer finds another transference desirable. The operation is only the work of a minute, and the division is quite imperceptible to the eye. When at length the lower heel sections are pretty well worn away, all the wearer has to do is to purchase two new ones and slide them into place. Mr. Wm. Bennet, of Dunedin, has patented his idea all over the world, and a company has been formed to undertake tiie manufacture of the heels on a large scale.

unique gathering took place fount ly at Nukuroa, near Wairnate. rim occasion was the celebration of a triple event —viz., the golden wedding >1 Mr. Joseph Wright (Croydon), the :ilvor wedding of a daughter (Mrs. Minch), and the coining of ago of tho only son of the latter. A motornian in charge of a tramcar narrowly escaped an accident in Victoria street (Auckland) recently. Whilo the car was running down tho grade an old lady crossed tho track, it is said,at a leisurely pace, and tho clanging of tho gong did not accelornto it. The inotorinan pulled Pip tho car with* a, few foot of tho old lady. She remarked to tho motorman in a squeaky voico, “Don’t bo a fool.”