MUSIC AT MIDNIGHT.
SINGING IN THE STREET. PROSECUTIONS IN COURT. Strumming a ukulele, Pe,rcy D. Kenny, accompanied by James Neilson and George Thompson, wandered along the Great North lload after midnight recently, singing lustily the song "Lav My Head Beneath a Rose." Having heard the noise two blocks away, Sergeant Claasen who was on special duty as a result of complaints received in the neighbourhood, called on tho men to cease.
When the three men were charged in tho Police Court yesterday with disorderly behaviour, Serpeant Claasen said tbo worst offender was Kenny, who became abusive in spito of the endeavours of Neilson and Thompson to quieten him. "The highway is nscd a good deal about that time of night by dancers returning from halls, - said the sergeant. "Wo have had complaints about the noiso somo pooplo niak® when going home.'* Tho magistrate, Mr. F. K. Hunt, finea Kenny £l. Ho dismissed the charges against the other two men with a warni"g. »
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20112, 24 November 1928, Page 15
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