\ man apparently under the influence of drink, walked oS the wharf and into the Wanganui Rirer “is cries were eventually heard, and after about an hour’s immersion on a ledge beneath the wharf, he was eventually rescued bv mens of a rope. He Was weighted down with a full quart bottlp of beer in each pocket, and was rescued with his “ luggage ” intact. The man. says the • Wanganui Chronicle.” appeared in the Magistrate's Court on ) a charge of being found drunk in tin* Wanganui River.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17036, 9 May 1923, Page 6
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