SO TIRED

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 175, 17 March 1932, Page 2

SO TIRED

DRUNKEN MAN WHO THOUGHT FOOTPATH WAS HIS BEDROOM Mqre than 1,000 people were enjpying a free show in Pitt Street, Sydney, when a constable carae on the scene and grabbed a man who was about to remove his pants and lie dowji to sleep. on the f ootpath. The sleepy one, who had come from Belmore Pprkj sapntered along Pitt Street," about 8.20 a.m., and came to a stop between Campbell and H^y Streets. He yawned languidly. Three fr four flappeys glapced curiously. at him as he muttered," "Bed!" Taking o^f his coat, he flung it on to the footpath, and, sitting down on the 'kerb, pulled off his shoes and socks. Yawning jpnd .stretching, he dropped his vest on the ground beside the coat. Hurrying workers were streaming down from the j-ailway station. Girls turned their head's aWay; a few old maids snorted, and men openly barracked the sleepy ' one, who ignored them all. "The male Godiva!" tittered a pretty girl. Then he undid his braces, and was preparing to remove his trousers, when — A constable arrived. The central figure in the comedy argued that he wanted to" go to'Led, but • presently another . policeman came along, on a motor cycle. Tnto 'tli'e 'side-car went' the sleepy one, and at the Central police sfation hio was charged with being drunk.