IN THE LIGHTKEEPERS' CHAIR
LOST AND TRYING TO SIGNAL. [Pbe United Press Association.] AUCKLAND, April 6. One night recently the lighthousekeeper at North Head', Manakau, saw a wild-looking man emerge from the bush on Mount Beacon and wave' a cloth or handkerchief. The keep :r concluded the vis.tor was an escaped lunatic, and hastened to adviso the police. The latter were unable to reach the lighthouse that but got in touch with two bushmen, who early in the ’naming found the nfnn sleepily in the lightkeeptr’s chair, the mechanism being none the worse *or his guardianship. He proved to be a harmless old man, suffering from ill-health, who*had motored to Titarangi, dismissed his taxi, and got lost in the Kush. Ooming upon the lichthouse he conceived the idea of signalling a passing steamer. He was in a very low physical condition, and was conveyed to the nearest police station, where he satisfied the police'that, beyond eccentricity, there was nothing to warrant hie detention. He was ultimately handed over to his friends.
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Evening Star, Issue 17319, 6 April 1920, Page 6
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171IN THE LIGHTKEEPERS' CHAIR Evening Star, Issue 17319, 6 April 1920, Page 6
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