The impulsive generosity of the New Zealander was demonstrated in an unusual manner at the New Plymouth prison last Saturday night (relates the “News”). The prison concert party was bowing its acknowledgment of the applause of the many visitors when in a flash they came under a bombardment of cigarettes and tobacco, the weekend “smokes” of the audience. Of course, it was against the regulations to give the prisoners the tobacco, and many realised this later, but the hone was expressed that in view of the special circumstances the authorities would allow the men to enjoy the gifts.
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Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 93, 14 January 1926, Page 4
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