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Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 248, 16 October 1920, Page 6

(Busy men passing up and dofn Sliortlnnd Street this morning, observed a crowd of the curious standing in the rain, straining over a man who seemed to be trying to clear away a blockage in a waterway. He was bending over a rapidly -graving pool of water, delving with his hands in the mess that had jammed in the mouth of the drain. The onJookers were much interested. Their interest increased as lie began fishing up a queer conglomeration of articles. His iiands groped at the bottom of the pool for all the world aa if lie were tickling trout. First he pulled forth a heap of mud. Then came a tin matchbox, followed by several yellow packets. Then came a handkerchief that had once obviously belonged to a lady. After this in quick succession came three cigarbutts, several cigarette-ends, a metal washer, a bad orange, two banana skins, a worn rubber heel, an old shoe, a race card, and a dilapidated copy of the '\Star." But still the man was" not satisfied, and etill the onlookers showed keen interest. Another handful of mud came up, and in it something phone. "Got it," said the man as lie washed a muddy half-crown in the running rain-water and vanished into a near-by place «f refreshment.

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