COMEDY OF ERRORS
THOUGHT LOCK-UP WAS HOTEL ' MEL BOURN E. Marcli 30. Wlicn ;i (lruiiken man, a. stranger to t|io town. staggered into the Torang police station he thought lie was in an hotel. “1 am a hona tide Ira vcllor. he said, "you rail sei vi; me. inviting the two poliiemen to have a drink, he ordered a whisky, and hecame sarcastic, when they agreed to have soda waters. To gain lime, the police promised to bring 1 1 is drink if he went to his bedroom. as he stated Iris intention of slaying the night. <’onducted to his '‘bedroom’' (a. police cell), 'Jie complained that, the pillows were inferior. The guest, came to his senses next morning. He was permitted to go tree on signing the pledge before a J.IV. and once more became a hona fide traveller.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17233, 12 April 1930, Page 10
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