SIR LAURENCE HOISTED ON BOARD
P.A. WELLINGTON. Oct. 16. Sir Laurence Olivier’s last glimpse of New Zealand was from a sling 30 feet above the Wellington wharf when he was hoisted on board the Corinthic half an hour before the ship sailed for London to-day. Because of an operation this week to remove a cartilage which he damaged during a performance in Sydney, he was unable to walk.
Sir Laurence laughed heartily at the unusual procedure as ambulance men lifted his stretcher from a car and placed it on a canvas sling on the wharf. If was raining hard at the time, and a young girl rushed forward and held an umbrella over his head.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26905, 18 October 1948, Page 4
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