This little story concerning a former resident of Sydney was covered quite widely in the Antipodean press in early March 1889.
All the reports are practically identical. Here is the one from the Marlborough Express, 1 March 1889.
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi...X18890301.2.18
All the reports are practically identical. Here is the one from the Marlborough Express, 1 March 1889.
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi...X18890301.2.18
