John Arnold
JohnDA@social.vivaldi.net
<p>I’m a librarian in Christchurch, New Zealand. Still a Wellingtonian at heart <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/YCBWOAGD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>YCBWOAGD</span></a></p>
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Post #2855652
_The Evening Post_, 22 June 1925: MAGISTRATE’S COURT Mr. R. M. Watson, S.M., presided at the Magistrate’s Court to-day. … William Gordon, who was found in a Chinaman’s shop with cigarettes in his possession, pleaded guilty to the theft of two packets of cigarettes valued at £3 [ca. $375 today], the property of Joe Yee. He was sentenced to six weeks’ imprisonment with hard labour. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250622.2.26 #OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #LawCourts #Theft...
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Post #2855651
@swung7182@mastodon.social possibly an indirect quotation from Einstein, then again, possibly not... https://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/05/04/universe-einstein/