THE BEST HOTELS
NO MONEY TO PAY
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
DUNEDIN, This Day. An immaculately dressed young man, Reginald O'Neill, was charged at the Police Court with being an idle and disorderly person. Though he had run up a hotel bill for £.8, including £3 for wine, accused admitted that he had no money, and stated that it was for appearances that he stopped at the best hotels. He was making a living ,by f^hion displays, in which he had failed to interest local firms. Accused explained that he used the name of West because it was his stage name in amateur theatricals. He asked for a chance to pay his accounts without a conviction, which would prejudice his business. The police stated that, when interviewed, accused said he had worked for some days at the Federal Hotel Christchurch. When he left there he owed board to the Excelsior Hotel. He made his last fashion display at Wellington in September. The Magistrate adjourned the case to see if accused took steps to liquidate the account, remarking that the case almost., amounted :to Jalse preJeßflafe..-' " ' " _
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 60, 12 March 1927, Page 10
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184THE BEST HOTELS Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 60, 12 March 1927, Page 10
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