NON-UNIONIST ATTACKED
AGGRESSOR SENT TO GAOL!
(HI TELEGRAPH.— PKB6S ASSOCIATION.)
OHRISTCHURCH, This Day:
John Henry Mathieson, a fireman, aged 21 years, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment for striki»K a free labourer at Lyttelton on 27th January. He pleaded jfuilty. The police said the men were working on the Wahine. Mathieson camei aboard drunk and struck the complainant on the back of the head and kicked him as he lay unconscious. In the melee Mathieson was roughly handled.. The Magistrate, Mr. Wilson, said the free men" had as much right to work as the unionists, and had served •mnloyers and the community at a time when their service was needed.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 27, 1 February 1923, Page 8
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110NON-UNIONIST ATTACKED Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 27, 1 February 1923, Page 8
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