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NZ Truth, Issue 168, 5 September 1908, Page 5

Yet another terror is to be added to the lives of 'those who live m boardinghouses. A musical .bed has been invented which commences to play the occupant's favorite tunes as soon as he lies down on it. A spring is pressed 'and the music ceases, when either he— or the other boarders— have had enough. Jerry Vocasevioh has had the reputation of being an upright laborer of astonishing sanctity and was trusted implicitly by his Christchurch bosses, who know a good map. when they see ' him. When, therefore, he appeared on the White Hart restoration worjc waving a drinky hat of. defiance m the faces of all and sundry, his condition occasioned pained surprise. Moreover, when he hurled re-> marks tike,' "You blanky, blanking blank's blankard : you rotten blanky blank," into the atmosphere and created a disturbance generally, the surprise gave way to mortification, and the police were invoked, Jerry led the Fooree a perilous chase up the hotel scaffolding, but the bright partiojilar stat that watches over sosselled persons prevented an inquest, although the Russian's two-round bout with Peeleo Brown did at- doe time suggest something , like that. The victim woke up next morn- / mg with charges of obscene language, revsisting and disorderly behavior m front of his name, and the man's astounded bosses employed a solicitor to explain that Jeremiah was really a person of exceptional character wrfch a wile and fam* ily. tinder these representations Magis* trate Day imposed fines totalling £2, an*, gave the mereij; Qecajtawj Koys^racDim* , to. R»l> \ "•"■" T