FINE IMPOSED.
BEHAVIOUR AT WRESTLING. (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, November 18. Trouble at the professional wrestling match between Pat O’Shocker and “Lofty” Blomfield in the Town Hal! last Saturday introduced another “round” in the Magistrate’s Court this morning. Eric Matthew Pirie wished to see the match, hut instead of finding a «e-at he chose an aisle. He refused to move, and eventually was ejected Ijy the police. This morning Pirie was charged with behaving in a disorderly' manner and failing to obey a Fire Board officer. His counsel said Pirie had merely followed the practice of other fans and was now very sorry. Remarking that the disobedience of a Fire Board officer’s instructions was a serious thing, and that the defendant had no excuse for his conduct, Mr C. R. Orr Walker, S.M., imposed a fine of 30s on the first charge and £3 on the other.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 34, 19 November 1938, Page 3
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