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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2483, 23 April 1909, Page 3

A. common blunder made by visitors to Dunedin is to step into the police station under the impression that it is a well-known temperance boarding establishment situated a few yards farther On. On Friday evening (says the ‘•Otago Daily Times”) a very respecold gentleman confidently stepped into’the. station building, and proceeding alone one of the passages knocked at the police inspector’s office door, ad received the customary polite, invitation to “come, in.” The look of surprise, not io say consternation, that came over the face of the visitor, when it < taw tied on him that he was in tho police station was highly amusing, and he abruptly stammered: .‘‘l beg your pardon ; I thought this was a hoarding.house!” • ‘‘So. it is,” dryly remarked the inspector; ‘‘hut I flunk it is not quite the kind of lodgings you are looking for. You will find them further on/’ and tho abashed visitor thereupon hurriedly retired, thinking thmr glito Vrli'eli failed fo find an utterance.