ROWS IN RESTAURANTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 73, 27 March 1922, Page 2

ROWS IN RESTAURANTS.

c FRACAS AT __k_£__TON. MAX CUT WITH A KNIFE. (By Telesraph.- -Own Correspondent.) HAMILTON, this day. As the result of a disturbance on Saturday evening in the shop of K.Wong Yang and Co., Chinese fruiterers. Vie- j toria Street, a man named William j Grahame is now an inmate of tlie Wnikato Hospital. ' Conflicting reports arc current as to. what actually happened, but it appears . that Grahame and a companion entered j the shop about 11.30 on a quest for'cigarettes. The shop is managed by On 1 Ah Wai. The callers were informed that i cigarettes were not stocked. j What is plain is that some disturb- i | since took place, and that a butcher's I ! knife came into commission. A young I ' man who was passing the premises just ( |ns Grahame rushed out heard his call! for help and conveyed Grahame to the i hospital. He had very severe cuts, one extending from his right thumb across the hand to the little linger, which was almost, severed. The story told by the Chinese is that a Chinese boy was set upon, and the I latter s a y s ] lf . picked \t\, the knife to i defend himself. Grahame grabbed the ! razor-like blade, and sustained the j injuries he received. I Grahame, however, says something I ! was thrown at him, and. in putting up ! | his hands to protect himself, his hand ! | came into contact with a sharp i instrument. | FRACAS IN CHRISTCHTJKCH. TWO MEN ARRESTED. (By Telegraph.--Press Association.) CTffiISTG'HURCH. this day. As the result of a disturbance in a Chinese restaurant yesterday two Euro- | pcans have been arrested. The allega- | tions of the occupants were that the Europeans entered the premises, stated that Chinese were gambling, and that | one Chinaman was relieved of a sraal! I sum of money. Tlie men. Leonard Wili kinson and Thomas Ferguson, appeared j in Court this morning charged with havj ing stolen the sum of 5/ti and several Chinese coins. Wilkinson was also I charged with having assumed the | designation of a detective. I The case was adjourned, bap beiri" ! allowed. *"