DOMINION NEWS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11826, 6 January 1933, Page 7

DOMINION NEWS

ASSAULT IN DOMAIN. MAN AND WOMAN INJURED. (Press Association.> LEVIN, January 4. While a young couple- were sitting in the Levin Domain on New Y’ear’s Day it is alleged that they were struck on the head by an old man. A gash on. the girl’s head required three stitches and one on her companion’s head two stitches. The young man grappled with his assailant, hut ho escaped after being knocked to the ground. AVilliam Charles Norman was arrested by the Levin, police and appeared in the Police Court charged with assault, causing bodily harm. Ho. was remanded to appear on January 10. It is stated that, accused removed two floor-hoards in the Levin poliee cell on Sunday afternoon and made his escape, hut lie later returned to the station of his own accord. Subsequently lie was taken to Wellington for custody .

C2SHO FOR STATE. FINKS PAID BY AUCKLAND CHINESE. AUCKLAND, Jan. 2. Fines totalling over -£2500. most of which will go to increase the Consolidated Fund have been inflicted on member? of the Chinese community of Auckland during the past year for breaches of tho gaming laws, and for offences relating to tho smoking of opium. For the pasi 12 months there have been periodic police raid? in Grey’s Avenue on premises occupied by pnkapoo ‘hanks’, while a number of shops and houses in which opium was found have been forced by detectives the premises in some cams having been strongly barricaded. Most of the fine? imposed have been paid, but in a number of instances offenders have failed to find the monov in default-' The fine? imposed on Chinese convicted of offences arising from the smoking e.f opium, which come under several statute?, have totalled -C.1517 10? since the beginning of last year.