NAKED MAN ON HOOF.
INCIDENT IN MELBOURNE.*, ' With the agility of a'oat, a m»n ' frolicked about th© ; : tiled , housetops - is 4 Melbourne one morning recently. Women V hid their faces in their mufflers and , > walked . off quickly, ■■-. for the' . man ■•, was - naked. ''i A wag among the onlookers sug-.,' ,'- gested that he had , been to an artists* ball. ' t- "; *.-. Someone telephoned .to the!police, ar-d *' when .a constable went to the places, •• •• which was in Carlton, the spectators wore treated ,to an. exciting roof-tops; Derby, - j which the constable won. The man said ', ! that he had been taking part,in a circus. •;'! He was taken to the Melbourne Hospi- '.':.. tal, . and is undergoing medical examina- ■■'■''■ tion. ' W; ■ ' 'Tho constable- found that the man had '■'•' been discharged from a military hospital, and occupied an upstairs bedroom near *V by. Apparently -he had reached the; roof through the fanlight;*'which vas broken. .'. •■'
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18458, 23 July 1923, Page 5
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147NAKED MAN ON HOOF. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18458, 23 July 1923, Page 5
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