Not Naked Ladies
Complaints about a man who was appearing naked In the Botanic Gardens during lunch hours this week were made to the police.
Detectives waited for the man to appear, but he did not. The next day, a detective put on an old hat and ragged coat and borrowed a hoe from the City Council reserves department.
He hoed busily In a plot near where the
naked man was said to appear, keeping a good look-out
An elderly couple approached the detective and asked if he could tell them the variety of the “splendid begonias”, around which he was hoeing.
The detective was embarrassed, but replied resourcefully: “I am sorry I can’t tell you—l only joined the reserves department an hour ago.”
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31321, 17 March 1967, Page 1
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124Not Naked Ladies Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31321, 17 March 1967, Page 1
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