MAN ON CLIFF EDGE
DEFIANT FOR THREE HOURS
AUCKLAND, 1 Oct. JO.
Some consternation 'was caused at St. Hol'ior’s this afternoon when a middle-aged man, stated to have fered a lapse of memory, wandered froni his borne 'tin Auckland, and, took up a position •on the edge of tho cliffs,, and threatened to throw (himself . over, if anyone attempted lq secure him. ' ’
Op one occasion he climbed out on on overhanging branch of a tree, with' a Bill of ,about CQft below him to the' rooks.
Police in plain clothes and'a priest who were stimnioped were faced with the 'delieato. task of : trying to persuade the nian to ,come back to safe-ty,-but for about tirr.ee hours'be re ~ lnaided ’in a •precarious position , on the cliff top. ■ y ... • . i ' •;
The. man promised lb come‘ back km to 'safe ground only for. liis wife. she ; had been communicated , with.; and‘at, 5.30-p.m.'. when she arrived, ohtbd 'Scene, die- came -out, from his : daii--gero.ns position voluntarily, and accompanied her "bad; to to wn,
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11767, 14 October 1932, Page 3
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169MAN ON CLIFF EDGE Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11767, 14 October 1932, Page 3
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