A DANDY FROM DANNEVIRKE.

NZ Truth, Issue 94, 6 April 1907, Page 6

A DANDY FROM DANNEVIRKE.

Does the Zibishun and Gets Done.

Quite a heap of people have been on the razzle m Christohurch during the last few months, and -many of them have seen something more than the Zibishun— blue devils, pink spiders, white elephants, and the like. Among those who trotted down to have an elega^nt time was Thomas Henry Olliver. Thomas is a labourer, and hails from somewhere' near ■Dannevirke, Hawke's Bay. He saved up a bit Of sploish to make the trip, and took the Mararoa from Wellington. On the way down he made the acquaintance of a spry bute named Ernest Albert Stevens, who knows more about gaoks than he cares to own. Stevens offered to show, Olliver round the . city on arrival, and thc (offer was accepted. They meandered down to the Post Office, where Stevens went m, saying that he expected £6*o. On coming out he observed that he wouldn't be able to place his hanld on the gonce until two o'clock, and asked Olliver if he would lend him a soy. until then. The mug complied, and then they started raising the little finger at sundry bars. Later, the generous guide suggested a saunter .to the Botanical Gardens, and when there he inveigled the new coon m town to squat behind some bushes, where nobody could see them. While lying there Olliver alleges that he felt a hand on his hip pocket, and turning to Stevens said, "None of that.". Stevens is then alleged to have rushed at the Hawke'sßay man. who caught him by the collar. Stevens got. him by the throat. They were both striking out, and Olliver commenced to bellow for help. Stevens then let him go, and did a mike. Olliver had £11 on him m all. He told the police about his adventure, and Stevens' goose was cooked. Olliver met him m the Railway Hotel afterwards. "Hullo," said Stevens, >on making the unwelcome meeting, ( ';That drunken man tried to get at us, didn't he?" -'That will do you," retorted Olliver, ahd just then 'Tecs. Gibson and Ward, who had been following Stevens up the street (he was with a drunken man) , stepped up and arrested him. On the way to the station Stevens is alleged to have admitted going to the Gardens with t'other chap, who, he said, was drunk, and he . wanted him to have a sleep. When there they started talking fight, and Olliver struck him on tho cheek, and he hit back. He admitted having received a quid from Olliver during the day. Ac. cused reserved his defence at the Magistrate's Court, and next month he will have to explain the business at the Supreme Court.