FOOI NO FOOL

NZ Truth, Issue 1188, 6 September 1928, Page 8

FOOI NO FOOL

Crandle Went Off The Handle (Prom "N.Z. Truth's" Dunedin Rep.) While there is never any need te account far a man's taste m beer, it is often hard to understand some people's choice of amusement. AND • when Henry William Crandle said to Magistrate Bundle m the Dunedin Police Court: "I don't remember anything about it," he was speaking of one of his own recreational appointments he imposed upon a Chinese laundry m Rattray Street one recent Monday evening. Also m court, . however, were those quite competent to fill correctly the hiatus m the drunken little steward's memory, chief- among them being Chin Fooi, gentleman of the starch-and-shirt fraternity. Evidently Crandle was under a delusion of drunkenness whloh !; took him back to sad memories of ill-luck on the racecourse. We all know how frenziedly we might tear up a bundle of useless tote tickets at the conclusion of a "perfect day." His Cranky Capers That's what Henry did with a pile of Fool's tickets, besides breaking a mirror and purloining several articles of laundry belonging to other customers. " , , Why he entered the shop m the first place was evidently to collect a few collars with a ticket he presented at the countei'. Theft, drunkenness and causing damage comprised the items on Crandle's programme of amusement, though these little thrills still retain their correct appellations m a police court. For Henry. William it was made an expensive — though it might have been giddy— quarter of an hour. Guilty to all charges; price 80/- or eight days, plus liability to come up for sentence on the theft charge within six months. Chinese, Crandle would be wise to remember — and no doubt will — show wonderful celerity m picking up the man ln blue.