An Auckland Weary Willie
Strikes a Snag
Bj ffelegrapL.i—Press Association. Adckunh. this day. Eichard Whitley, an 'able-bodied man, has boon sentenced to iwo months' gaol for begging from tho Rov. Mr Gillaui, vioar of St Matthew's parish. Accused ao* costed Mr Gillain in Queen-street arid asked him for tho orice of a meal. The clergy, uan refused, becauso accused sroelldd of liquor. On accused persisting, Mr Gillam gave him in cliarge,. In tho Court Mr Gillam said, "Itis impossible for a clergyman to pass down Queen-street without being accosted by beery mendicants liko this. Tho thing has bccouio almost intolerable, This has been a severe winter, audthero is much distress in tho city, and clergy arc hard put to meet necessitous cases; and men of ibis chnractor are stopping the flow of chaiily,"
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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume v, Issue 1430, 14 September 1905, Page 3
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