Law Notes

The Professor, discussing a difficult point in trusts: "Don't try to side-track me, Mr. C——y. Place yourself in the Judge's position. If you were on the Bench, what would you do?"

Student: "Call for legal argument, sir."

Question: Is a trust for the maintenance of a first-class road between Wellington and the Hutt good or bad?

Answer of bright student: It is bad, since it is for something which is not in existence.

Who was the law student who, after celebrating a football victory, expounded the rule in Allhusen v. Whittel to the tram conductor all the way home, and next morning received full marks for his class test?

We congratulate one of the law students upon obtaining the medal of the "Plunket Society" and trust that he will not fail to send a suitable testimonial to "Glaxo" or "Mellin's Food." We understand that he is to be made an honorary Irishman by the Hibernian Society.

A certain student well known in the library recently spent two hours attempting to translate the words "soto decide," which he discovered in some law notes, only to be informed later that the classical appearance was caused by bad spacing in the notes.

Mr. Winston Churchill drives a Ford motor-car. It is the simplest car made, and very easy to understand; its reliability and economy are bye words.—"Evening Post." So eminently suitable; it is pleasing to hear, that Mr. Churchill has acquired something of reliability and economy. May this continue!