'Apologetic customer' returns book 67 years late

Better late than never, we guess?

'Apologetic customer' returns book 67 years late

A woman has returned a library book to an Auckland Public Library in New Zealand, 67 years after it was due to be returned.

The lady - who they say was very apologetic' - borrowed 'Myths and Legends of Maoriland' by author A.W Reed when she was a child and although she was meant to return it on December 17, 1948, she and her family moved and she never got the chance.

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