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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19220, 28 January 1928, Page 14

A curious crowd, which, coming and going continuously, numbered at times between 200 and 300 people, collected one night last week about a barber's shop in Regent street, Sydney, before which were stacked on the footpath household and shop furniture, fittings, and personal belongings. The unusual spectacle of the contents of a shop and dwelling strewn about the footpath stopped p-assera-by tc enquire the cause from one another, or from an old gentleman and lady who moved happily amongst their belongings. Interest was quickened to pity when it was learned that amidst the disorder there was a child, the infant grandson of the aged couple : one year and ten months old, sleeping peacefully on the footpath underneath a table. An old coat was slung across to keep the light from street lamps from his eyes. The old lady volunteered a story of hardship. Nine years ago, she stated, she had sold her home in the country to invest her money in the smaU hairdressing business, that was carried on until recently by her husband. In those nine years misfortunes in the shape of illness and death had smitten the family, but they had carried on grimly. She said that they had no place to which to go or to take their belongings to, and so through the long night they kept vigil, while the child slept beneath the table. The unusual scene was the result of action taken 'the previous afternoon by the owner of the premises, under an ejectment order. The old lady stated that further litigation waa pending.: