BOY'S ESCAPADE
WANTED TO SEE SHIPS SURPRISE FOR CONSTABLE [by TELEGRAPH —rRESS association] DUKEDIN, Wednesday A small boy was found by a surprised policeman on George Street wharf, Port Chalmers, at 1.30 this morning with his attention closely fixed on u large vessel with a gaily-painted funnel. With a bright smile the child answered the constable's questions. He gave his age as nine years. Hf< informed the constable that he had been seized with an impulse to roam and had walked from Dunedin to Port Chalmers yesterday afternoon "to see the ships." The policeman escorted the lad to the watchhouse, where he mads him comfortable for the remainder of the night, and while the alarmed parents were making intensive inquiries the boy slept peacefully. When his mother claimed him this morning he showed little concern, and departed quietly with a greatly relieved parent..
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22098, 2 May 1935, Page 10
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