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Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3437, 31 January 1912, Page 3

Mr C. C. Kettle, S.M., appears to be looked upon by a number of women in Auckland as an arbitrator between their husbands and themselves (says the “Star”) ,and a good deal of that gentleman’s time is occupied with such cases. Even when sitting in court it is no uncommon thing for a woman to enter the room and say, in a clear voice, “I want to see Mr Kettle,” as if that gentleman was always open to appeal to. Such a case occurred on Wednesday morning, making a brief interlude hi a dry legal case. The woman was young, and, as usual in these cases, had a baby hi her arms. The clerk whispered to the woman, who seemed excited, and then spoke in a low voice to Mr Kettle, who at once replied, “Oh, we cannot undertake to watch her husband for her.” The clerk then took the lady out to instruct her what to do. Then came an irate wife, who declared her husband had beaten her black and blue, and made various other allegations. The husband immediately made counter assertions, each wanted the other prohibited from liquor and each asserted that it was not necessary. Ultimately Mr Kettle remarked, “This is going to take up too much time. Como again on Friday, and try to settle your differences in the interim.” A thletes I After your strenuous games of Cricket, Tennis, or Bowls, visit the Grey Street Hot Baths, where a nice hot plunge, followed by a cold shower, will remove all traces of tiredness, and make you feel it is good to be alive even in these hot summer days. —Harry Hull, proprietor.*