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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 61, 9 September 1937, Page 11

Pleading guilty to being found early this morning asleep in an outbuilding attached to the Wellington Railway Station, Albert Henry George, a bushman, aged 60, appeared before Mr. E. D. Mosley, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court today. He was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within three months, a condition being that he should place himself in the care of the Salvation Army. In the Petone Court yesterday. Hugh Fahey, licensee of the Empire Hotel, was fined £3 and costs on a charge of selling liquor after hours. Mr. G. Findlay, who entered a plea of guilty on Fahey's behalf, said that the night of August 14 was one of national importance for New Zealand, as the All Blacks had beaten the Springboks. The occasion created a spirit of conviviality and Fahey-departed from his usual practice and served some men. His hotel was full of guests, and the quickest way to get rid of the men who wanted a drink was to serve them and tell them to get out.