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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume VIII, Issue 2472, 9 February 1909, Page 2

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21 HOURS WITHOUT FOOD,

Amid all the competition to luso . f chafers effectively in Londun (writes''' : | Mr. H. ]\. Lucy) no one seems to have 'i thought of the sjjnplo device of put-• j ting a person into a lonely waiting . j room with a door that refuse«\to opeii, V| Such an experience befell tlio a well-known Londoner the other \vS'kv''S| Haying some time to wait for a"'tubes! train, she retired to a ladies' waiting-*'! room, some distance from the platformAl and apparently but lttlo used. Wliel<f| she entered the door shut behind l.eiyil and when alio tried to open it the bolt ~i§ refused to be moved. After muoli of.;':fl tort, she gave it up, and screaming assistance, but all in vain. She ed the room at ten in tlio morning, tfl and it was seven in tho evening Mortal she attracted-tho attetion of a passer afl by, who opened tlio door bv what it is not stated. Tho resraormSwl inspector, and tho lady had something caustic to say about tlio coni-: •I pany s locks. Tho inspector was most m sympathetic, but his solicitude- fortlie 'M company s interests compelled liini \io-M suggest that tho ludy had towards the misadventure. " There k'm nothing easier than to open the bolt "M 'oni the insido if only tho bolt Wm handled properly," said he, with mm even-a-ehild-oau-inanago-it air. '<! If-/-?! madam will allow nio I will show Ihey entered tho room again, aiidJJioJp inspector closed tho door. see, ho said, putting his hand on handle-. But the door refused to open;■SSi Hie inspector raised liis voice to ap-S|l Peal lor help, but tho feuig "locked him, hours in tho prison, I recdujn when. tho J%pvoMin • earne*!! on her rounds next morning. Thi}!f| ady had been twenty-one hours loud. ■'■.'/,'-''-'."-"«sH