THE OAMARU GHOST.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1500, 7 March 1887, Page 3

THE OAMARU GHOST.

The "Mali" of Friday says : -A " ghost " is reported to have been repeatedly seen lo Oamaru during the pnat few nights. We are not aware at what Inur " it " putß on ita white sheet and ■trolls forth, but it has, according to trustworthy evidence, been seen on Severn ■trret bridge. One veracious correspondent says it was seen to clear the creek m the Publio Gardens at a bound, and that a policeman who attempted to grab it was astonished to find the ghost going over his head, and on his looking round the nppa It' on waa preparing for another spring when the policeman '' s wounded " and that on recovering found h'mself Ringing a jovial song with great strength and vigor. It is also Baid that a boy ran against the ghost, and touching it with hia hand, had to seek the treatment of a medical man to reduce the swelling of that member. A man who was turning the corner of Dross lane into Severn street also ran Into the spectre with his head, and lie oannot now get a hat that will fit him. We place great reliance on these assertions, because most of the persons law the ghost, and any attempt to associate the statements with cheap beer oan only be advanced by an enemy of truth. It was reported that the ghost had been caught by the police, but this is not the one. Whoever heard of a ghost being caught by the police ? However, lf a ghost ever takes ■ sufficient interest m mundane matters to read a newspaper, he, she, or it is hereby made aware of the fact that there are at least thirteen persons wandering about, armed with every conceivable weapon of destruction from a hedge knife to a Gatllng gun ready to shoot and run at the shortest notice. The ghost may, therefore, get into trouble.

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