A MINISTER’S WEIGHT.
VIOLENT APPLICANT HELD DOWN
SCUFFLE IN PARLIAMENT HOUSE.
Who ? It couldn’t have been the Minister of Railways, nor the Minister of Education, nor the Minister of Mines—they are all too light. But the Prime Minister would qualify, and so would Sir Maui Pomare, or the Minister of Lands. Probably the Dominion is purposely indefinite in relating the incident thus: A man ran amok at Parliament House, in the quarters of one of the Ministers, and, before he could be subdued, had engaged the Minister and his private secretary in a close hand-to-hand conflict. As far as can be gathered, a young man, at one time in a Government Department, called to see the Minister and asked him for work. This the Minister promised to consider. The man left, but in a few minutes returned and took a seat in the private secretary’s room. . Shortly after, without apparent warning, he attacked the private secretary, and, being in a violent state, bit him on the hand and neck.
Hearing the scuffle, the Minister, who is a powerfully-built man, over 15 stone in weight, came out, and held the man down until reinforcements arrived and the intruder was conducted from the building. The affair only lasted a few minutes, and Parliament House resumed its air of recessional repose.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 21 January 1925, Page 4
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218A MINISTER’S WEIGHT. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 21 January 1925, Page 4
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