FARM HAND'S REMARK
RESCUED FROM SAILORS The statement that the timely arrival of i. constable caved accused from the attentions of a party of naval rnen who overheard him using an expression derogatory to the British Navy was made in the Police Court in Auckland, when a farm hand, Victor Arthur Lett, aged 41,- whs charged with using obscene language., Ho denied the offence. A countable said that when ho arrested accused tho man was with members of a naval party who had overheard tho expression and wore threatening to “tear him apart.” Accused said lie was not used to dvink and he used another expression. "You had better take out a prohibition order,” said Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M.. in imposing a fine of £2. “Drink lets your tongue run away with you and you will he a dead man if some soldiers or sailors get you.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20570, 2 June 1941, Page 2
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148FARM HAND'S REMARK Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20570, 2 June 1941, Page 2
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