“IN THE HANDS OF WOWSERS.”
AN INEBRIATE’S PROTEST. Hamilton. March 28. A well-dressed stranger named Chas. Reid, appeared at the CouH to-day on a charge ot supplying liquor to prohibited \iersons. The defendant, who was inebriated, pleaded guilty in a loud voice, and asked if a man was allowed his liberty in this country. His YVorship : There was no liberty in this country. Defendant said he had travelled many countries and had never been treated as he had been here. The Magistrate fined him £3. Defendant: ’T will never pay it.” He protested that he couldn’t pay. He had been cooking for the Territorials. He said that the country was in the hands of wowsers, and he would leave the shores of New Zealand at the earliest possible moment. His YVorship fixed the alternative of 14 days’ imprisonment.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 89, 28 March 1912, Page 5
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