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The Argus – friday 24 June - 1949 POSED NUDE ON PIER While most Geelong residents were huddled around fires or wrapped in blankets a woman completely disrobed on Yarra St Pier to win a bet. The story revealed in Geelong City Court yesterday was that a man bet her that she was “not game” to do it. After she had taken up the challenge, it was alleged that the man disappeared without settling the bet. Police soon after found the woman wearing a fur coat. She was charged with having been drunk and disorderly. She was convicted and discharged after she told Mr. Blakiston, JP, that she was ashamed. from wikipedia Waterfront Geelong Yarra Street Pier is located at the end of Yarra Street and features a number of restaurants, as well as being the departure point for helicopter joyflights. The majority of the pier was destroyed by fire in 1988, but various proposals have been made for the rebuilding (pier image from googlemaps, fur coat woman from stock footage)

Sydney Morning Herald April 29, 1976 BLUE MOVIE BRIBE CHARGE – FINE MELBOURNE, Wednesday. - A Sydney man who offered a Melbourne Vice Squad detective money to arrange the showing of blue movie's was convicted on bribery charges in the Melbourne City Court today. The court was told that the man, David Gandali, 32, of Ocean Street, Woollahra, had offered the detective $5,000 a month to two years to organise the “safe” showing of blue movie's at the Barrel Theatre in Melbourne. Gandali had pleaded not guilty to offering a bribe to a police officer to forgo his duties. Mr P. Clothier, SM, fined Gandali $250 Detective Senior Sergeant John Sadler, of the vice squad, told the court Gandali had approached him on March 12 and told him he had $80,000 invested in the Barrel Theatre. “He said his proposition was to show one legitimate feature film and then two or three blue movie's,” Sergeant Sadler said. “If I give you $5,000 a month do you think you could fix it? I can ke