A BAFFLED ATTEMPT.
A curious tragi-comical scene was witnessed at noon on Friday, near the comer of Dee and Spay streets. It was the resolute hut baffled attempt of a man named M'Guire to take forcible possession of his own children, a boy and a girl, as they were proceeding from the District School to dine at the house of their mother, who it appears, has been residing for some years away from her hnsbaud. M'Guire, it seems, has been residing for some considerable time in Christchurch, from which place he has been in the habit of sending containing money to his wife in Invercargill. She, it would appear, never responded to those communications, and M‘Guire resolved to visit her in person. He did so, and failing to establish a reconciliation between himself and his wife, he resolved to get possession of the children in one way of another, The result of this was his attempt on Friday. He had a cab in waiting, but when he tried to force the childern to accompany him into it, they screamed wildly, and the consequence was that a large crowd gathered around the spot, and his designs were frustrated.— ‘ Southland Times.’
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Evening Star, Issue 3520, 4 June 1874, Page 3
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199A BAFFLED ATTEMPT. Evening Star, Issue 3520, 4 June 1874, Page 3
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