COSTLY TAXI RIDE
SHEEP FARMER’S JAUNT
\ NO MONET TO fAY FARE
As the .rqsglt of rpnnipg pp. f . ta*» bill for' which he could not pay) < i.qp .a lengthy jaunt- on .Tliur6day i 4akt, Carlyon, ■ a sheep - fanned (55)*. fouiid himself in the dock at the t Policy OhOftthis morning to answer a charge of in' l curi’ing a debt of £1 with Desmond Lawrence Humphries, and to pay the prescribed taxi - fare -•QP:> mand. ’ '■* ; According to Sub-Inspector fslighahan. Carlyon was in a slightly-drunken'cbh4 ditipn when he ,engaged Humphries the Quay Street stand at 4.46 p’qlock on Thursday afternoon last. He w.as taken to the Ferry Buildings, and later to Parnell. When asked for. his fare he had no money with which to pay it. Carlyon was convicted, and ed for drunkenness;'and convicted and fined £1 for failing to pay his fare. In addition he was instructed* to -pay his fair and witnesses’- expenses I,os—• £2 10s in all.
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 May 1930, Page 3
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159COSTLY TAXI RIDE Hokitika Guardian, 1 May 1930, Page 3
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