The young and keen police officer was being Shown over his new night beat by the sergeant. “D’ye see that red light in the distance? Well that’s the limit of your beat. Now, get along with it.” The young constable set out and was not seen again for a week. When he did show up at headquarters, the sergeant demanded furiously where he had been. “Ye remember that red light?” asked the bobby. “Yes!” “Well, that was a moving van bound for Hamilton.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 July 1938, Page 6
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