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I LECTURES TO CHILDREN i j _ J .AUTOGRAPHS CONFISCATED—ON ! A WALKING TOUR I i ! ' : Press Association—Copyright i Tauranga, April 29. | In the Police Court before Messrs !0. Whiting and A. J. Merrielees, | ju.'lhv:; of the peace, Alberl Edward [Arthur Hamilton, who claimed to be! j on a walking Lour in New Zealand, j was charged with being an idle and . ! disorderly person. j it was stated that Hamilton start- j ! od at Invercargill, and had secured ! ! tlio signatures of the mayors and I ! town clerks and others en route, tie! ; had numerous newspaper clippjingts i showing that lie had lectured to j school children. His tour had been ! interrupted at various points by j terms of imprisonment arising from ! similar charges. lie had left Tail-j ranga without having paid his board, i and was arretted at work on a farm , at Bethlehem, lour miles out. Accused was sentenced to one 111.011 Hi fa iinp'ritaoiiniciil 'in Auckland and his autograph book was eonfm-J cated.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume III, Issue 346, 29 April 1935, Page 4
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166GAOL FOR VAGRANT Stratford Evening Post, Volume III, Issue 346, 29 April 1935, Page 4
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