It is very seldom that a Chinaman appears before the .Court on a charge of drunkenness. One was charged at the Wanganui Court and treated as a first offender (reports the local ‘‘Herald”). During the wet weathe'r John evidently got tired of cultivating his cabbage patch and tried a little of the white man’s beverage, with the result that it set, his head spinning, and he lost his and wandered round unaided to the police station. Here he confronted Constable Straffon and the watch-house keeper, and the constable in his best Scottish accent greeted John with “whaffor.” John struck up an argument, and it was thought advisable to provide him with lodgings for the night, but in the morning' some of his countrymen were round bright, and early to bail him out.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4573, 11 June 1923, Page 3
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