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' A soldier, a pineapple, a crowd of between 200 and 300 persons and, finally, the police, caused some excitement outside a fruiterer's shop in High Street, Lower Hutt, yesterday evening. The soldier, standing on one side of the doorway, had on a piece of paper at his feet a cut open rotten pineapple, which he had previously purchased at the fruit shop, the proprietor of which had refused to refund the cost on the grounds that the pineapple had been sold to him by the Government and he was not responsible for its condition. The crowd, which was obviously on the side of the soldier, heartily cheered the police on their arrival, and ultimately the weight of public opinion, prevailed and a refund was paid.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 5, 8 January 1944, Page 6
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