UKULELES AT MIDNIGHT

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 519, 23 November 1928, Page 1

UKULELES AT MIDNIGHT

SERGEANT:.STOPS OPEN- .. '■AIR CONCERT Songs with* ukulele accompaniment may b$ quite in order at midnight the beach at Waikiki, but at the. same time on the Great North Road they are not altogether hailed with delight. This being , so, Percy D. Kenny. James Neilson, and George Thompson were, called .to. the Police Court this morning to answer charges of behaving in a -disorderly manner. Thompson, the only-member •of the trio to appear, pleaded' not guilt}'. Sub-Inspectdr ‘ McCarthy described the young men as a. 4 gang of hoodlums making the * night hideous with singing and yelling. Sergeant Classon first heard the haunting strains of “Lay My Head Beneath a Rose” when he was two blocks distant. from .the vocalists. He told the festive .three .to keep quiet, as. their rioise would disturb the neighbourhood. The sergeant, who was on special duty, was wearing an overcoat and light cap,' and Kenny, who did not recognise hiifi &s a police officer, became, abusive;. “I' threw open my overcoat, and showed my uniform,” continued Sergeant Classon. “Kenny was still impudent, though his companions tried to restrain him. He refused to give me his name and address.” Kenriy was very much under the influence of liquor. Mr.’ F. K, UEunt, SM-, fined Kenny £l, but dismissed the charges against Neilson and Thompson, warning the latter- not • to- offend again.