A SENSATION
COUPLE JUMP INTO RIVER. (By Telegraph—Press Association). BLENHEIM, August 1. : A sensational incident occurred last evening when lj(*llowing an aiterca- , tion between a young couple, both' ' leapt from Alfred Street bridge into tlie Omaha River. The pair were first observed quarelling one hundred yards from ; the bridge. The young lady attempted to escape, tlie man s attentions out he overtook her and. the argument continued on Lite bridge, which is- on' one of the main .business’, thoroughfares. Suddenly the woman climbed the handrail of the bridge and leapt to the wa^er, v <fthp man tallowing her example. Tilie^-police arrived on the scene a moment later and rescued the pair.'' The woman was conveyed) to 'the public hospital while the man was gaoled. • - 7 This morning at thb Police Court William Dalziel Keith,* aged 28, pleadeU ed not guilty to assaulting Edna ; Kitto and also to a charge of offefi-' sive behaviour. The police applied for a remand in custody till to-mor-, row, as the girl was still in the hospital.
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 August 1929, Page 5
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172A SENSATION Hokitika Guardian, 1 August 1929, Page 5
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