WALKED FROM WESTPORT.
'* HIDING IN TOWN HALL. 1 .labourer fined. Found in one of the offices at the Town Hall late last night, William Henderson, a labourer, aged 25, appeared before Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., in the Police Court this morning charged with being found on the premises without lawful excuse, To this, he pleaded guilty, hut he denied a further charge that he had iroken a window. , McCarthy said Henderson mlt We broken the window to get into the office. Ho was found in a room among a .lot of stationery. "I suppose I must have broken the window, but I don't remember anything about it/', pleaded accused.'; "I came from Western Australia, and I got landed in Weßtport, because the . ship altered its , course and was not going back, to Austrlia. 'I've beejp honest enough to walk all the way from Westport and look for work, but I struck the country at a bad time." "Whatf made you gt into the Town Hall?" asked Mr. Hunt. . - "I can't understand it," replied accused. "There must be something wrong with We."- ■ ( Henderson was fined £2.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 307, 28 December 1929, Page 17
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186WALKED FROM WESTPORT. Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 307, 28 December 1929, Page 17
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