FIRST DRINK IN 68 YEARS.
A 68-year-old costermonger, George Back, of no fixed abode, who was charged at the Bromley Police Court lately with being drunk and incapable, said: " I had a little drink in the morning and it went straight to my head. It was the first I had in my life, and I wanted nt> breakfast after it." "You are' old enough to know better," said the magistrate in fining Back 15a.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20762, 3 January 1931, Page 3 (Supplement)
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74FIRST DRINK IN 68 YEARS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20762, 3 January 1931, Page 3 (Supplement)
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