The Archive · 1937

Police and Householders

Immediately opposite the bus. station was a miserable* thatched hovel which showed no signs of life remained totally unresponsive to these exhortations to civie duty. In High indignation a young policeman rushed inside. There were sounds of 2 loud altercation, and after a time he issued forth again followed by an Jeiderly dame dressed in rags, with ragged bamboo broom in her hand. [Under the stern eyes of the law she Jpegan to sweep her frontage very jperfunctorily and with obvious re~

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