HAZARD ON AIRSTRIP
Natives? Drink Parties
' N Z.P.A.-Reuter— Copyright i DARWIN, May 18 Two groups of drunken Aborigines were found last night on the Darwin international airstrip, where they are believed to have been holding wine - drinking parties They w-ere found not long before the arrival of a Super - Constellation, and shortly after a Bristol freighter bad landed. The first group two native women, who were said to be very drunk—were picked up midway along the strip. They were warned of the danger and escorted off the airport. Royal Australian Air Force service police then in-
vestigated and found a party of two men and a woman Two, named Ruby and Michael, were fined 10s each in the Darwin Police Court later. One of the men escaped after throwing an empty wme bottle at a service policeman. The arrests follow a statement on Tuesday by the airport manager. Mr A. Burgoyne, that broken wine bottles and flagons bad been found on the strip. p
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29517, 19 May 1961, Page 11
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