"STICK TO THE SOFT STUFF."
MAGISTRATE'S GOOD ADVICE. MAN WHO ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. i ' ; Drink is the whole trouble with mc, j your Worship, and I would like to take lout a prohibition order against myself," ' said Hnery Wliitoside |3S), who admitted : that he attempted to commit suicide j yesterday. He appeai'ed in Court this. j morning with his left wrist heavily ban- ! daged. i Sergeant Turner said that accur.d had ; a list of 22 previous conviction£ Ihcy ', were nearly all for drunkenness and j breach of his prohibition order; l> .t on June 0 last White-ide was sentenced to one month's imprisonment for -tternp.ting to commit suicide. Apart from dri k he was a good husband, so his \.ife saici. Mr. Hunt: What do you do Whiteside: I work in an aerated water factory, sir. Mr. Hunt: Well, why don't you confine yourself to the drink you make? Stick to the soft stuff. You will be prohibited and convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 25, 30 January 1926, Page 5
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