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PROTESTS IGNORED. UNENVIABLE EXPERIENCE. N.Z. WOMAN IN LONDON, United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright LONDON, Dec. 8. The Dally Mail relates an extraordinary story of how a New Zealander, Mrs Stanley P. Broad, living in West London, was conveyed hy mistake to a public institution as a mental suspect. 'Mrs Broad was sitting at home alone when, according to her own statements, she was seized by two ambulance men and forcibly taken to the Institution. There she was undressed and put‘ to bed. Her protests were not heeded until a doctor examined a visiting card in her handbag and discovered that the ambulance had been sent to the wrong address. "I told the men I was not the woman they asked for,” said Mrs Broad. “Nevertheless, I was taken in the ambulance without hat or coat. 1 struggled to get away and called for assistance. ■ “I was released immediately the mistake was discovered and received an apology, but I do not accept It. The matter now is in the hands of my ■solicitor.” The Sketch states that the ambulance men concerned have been suspended pending a full official inquiry.
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Waikato Times, Volume 114, Issue 19125, 9 December 1933, Page 5
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