Page 7 Advertisements Column 1

NZ Truth, Issue 352, 23 March 1912, Page 7

Florence- McAnally,vto. use the pic--turesque language, of Senior- Sergeant < Darby, is a .member of the unfortunate class, 28 years of age, and ,- has long been a familiar figure m the Wel-.. lington' S.M.s Court. Latterly she- has. been occupying "a back room m the Stra.nd .Ca,fe','inTi>i?;pn-street^_.ahd„has been over-mdulging m spirituous and; alcoholic. liqubrT'to such an extent that it got her . down and worried her, and ; on Friday _Tof last week sheT determined 1 to put an. end to her troubles. Going, into another , hoarder's room, she. pos-,,i sessed herself .'"of a razor, and \ endea- ' ; vored to ' sever her'T jugular vein. The ' effbrt was a poor 'one, and she was dis- . coyered ' with jgory fluid trickling 'down her neckband on her fingers. The , police were , : sjmiinoned and Florence was eseprtecl,'tc};;wie hospital. On Monday we ) eK.sh^Y.9 i s. leading lady m a '"little ■ ' drama; at^.J^^sir^e. Riddell's theatre, and .wi^s "a^j^led order-, directed &..pay*'24.sJexpenses, and given a few words' of homely advice. m ■"_■_■! nil >, 1 ,»»M__i_____M____M_MmnMm____________ni_i»_i il '

— — m— _________________________________ What is set fortiS as being' a, peculiar icase,. is the one shortly to occupy the'attention of a magistrate at Murehir son, which, needless to remark/ is oh the West Coast. The . defendant is charged with :: procursng., a.- bottle of beer, proceeding to thfe„ R)fc^:-ti"p, : -foircing his way into the' premises, and transferring the liquor ; 'into a longnecked vinegar bottle, administering the lotion through the bars of the inner cell to a prisoner who had been, locked up for drunkenness. Thafs not the act Pf> a criminal. The man who would do such a thing is a hero p.nd a Good Samaritan.

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