"Having heard the names that he was called I would have done the same thing myself," said a young naval officer of junior rank, amid laughter, in tho Auckland Magistrate's Court when referring to language which was stated to have provoked a fight between two New Zealand naval ratings in a city street One sailor,told the court that as the result of the names he was called he struck a fellow rating from another ship. " You are friends now?" inquired Mr .J. H. Luxford, S.M. On being told that they were, the Magistrate ordered them to demonstrate the,fact by shaking hands, and adjourned tb« informations.
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Evening Star, Issue 25298, 5 October 1944, Page 4
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