An amusing incident occurred at Bluff the other evening when a sailor who had a moustache of which he was very proud, imbibed not wisely but too well (relates the Invercargill Times). A local humorist took advantage of the unfortunate mariner’s semi-conscious condition to operate on one side of his face with a pair of scissors before taking him aboard. When the sea rover woke in the morning the laughter of his foc-s-1 triends brought him to a realisation that something was wrong, and a hasty examination confirmed his worst fears. At present a fearstricken Bluffite is waiting the return of the boat with a vengeful sailor. J
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Putaruru Press, Volume VI, Issue 225, 23 February 1928, Page 6
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