Men rob youth
A youth was punched and robbed after he refused to hand his wallet over to two men in Christchurch early yesterday morning.
The youth, aged 19, was walking along Colombo Street, near the overhead bridge on Moorhouse Avenue at 3 a.m. when he was approached by two male Maoris.
The men grabbed the youth and shoved him into a vacant lot demanding he give them his wallet.
When he refused he was . punched several times and his wallet, containing $6O was taken.
The well-known Canterbury country singer and guitarist, John Grenell, right, shows he can still sing if not strum, at a tune up for a country music festival being held at Whitecliffs this week-end. The others, from left, are Geoff Farmar and John Lloyd, of the band, Coal Rangers. Grenell, who was supposed to be one of the festival’s star performers, broke his arm after falling off a horse two weeks ago at the start of an endurance ride in Oxford. This week-end’s festival will specialise in
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Press, 23 January 1988, Page 11
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