FUN AT FULLER'S.

NZ Truth, Issue 68, 6 October 1906, Page 5

FUN AT FULLER'S.

An unrehearsed turn at Fullers' popular house on Monday night eclipsed for the nonce all other turns, even the Driscolls with the irrepressible "Kiss Georgie" having to take a- back seat. It appears that ticketcollector Minchaan was standing calm, collected and collecting at the post of duty; to wit at the top of the "god's" steps after the interval, when two individuals named Jones and Littlewood waltzed upwards and handed m passes. Behind. them came a cove named Tyler, Tyler hadn't a pass and Minoha-m told him he could not pass the sacred portal m consequence. Whether Tyler, following Aladdin's example, was trying to discover the pass word or not isn't known ; anyhow he is alleged to have used some extraordinary language and followed it up by smiting the long-suffering Mincham on the frontispiece. The the fur began to fly ! Tyler the terrible knocked the collector down and his pals, Jones and Littlewood, came back and joined the riot. A gallant fireman named Otto Fitzsimmons gazed regretfully on the'nras„s of four struggling forms,' three to one, and mazing was apparently tbe oaly share he took m the beano. Caretaker Herbert Hill went to help Mincham and two of the fellows took to him, and m • consequence Sergeant Ramsay, with a "duty must be done" air, stormed the fort and arrested the trio of hoodlums. According to his version they tried to incite the crowd to mob the police when on the stairs, but no doubt thte Sergeant's manly form. counselled the crowd to stand clear. '.''■ The upshot of all was an interview on Tuesday with the Beak, when Stipendiary Kettle' enquired coldly of the accused how many drinks they had that night' They hazard-e-d guesses. It might have been four or five, leaving Settle to surmise that it might have been fifty for all they 1 knew. His Washup said some hard cold things to Tyler,: blaming him for instigating, the cowardly assault, and finally despatching him to Mount j Eden, whence drummer-boy Tyler j Will come marching home a month j hence. The Magistrate said Jones j and Littlewood went into the- row with some idea of protecting their I pal, but they were nearly as bad as j he. They must find £5 each and i2s 3d costs, or accompany Tvler up the ! hill for a month. In- tones suggest- I ing "It's a shame to take the money," both asked for time to pay, -tout weye only allowed till five o'clock the j same night.^ -