RAZOR-SLASHING AS PLEASANT SUNDAY AFTERNOON PASTIME

Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7296, 5 August 1930, Page 7

RAZOR-SLASHING AS PLEASANT SUNDAY AFTERNOON PASTIME

Axes to Add Variety ■WILD SCENES IN P.W.D. CAMP ■ Per Press Association. BLENHEIM, Last Niglit. Brief details reached Blenheim late this afternoon of a sensational affray at No. S camp, KCkcrangu, as a result of which a man named James Law, a well-known Blenheim resident, formerly of Swansdown, has been conveyed to tiie Kaikoura hospital suffering from the effects of razor slashes. Prom what can be ascertained it appears that the trouble developed in camp yesterday afternoon, when a Blenheim business man whose name has not been revealed attempted to secure payment of £lO from one of the Public Works employees known as Dick Jones. It is stated that the Blcnheimite was reinforced in his demand by a gang of men who attempted to raid Jones’s tent. Axes and razors were produced and a regular riot ensued in the course of which Law was slashed across the five with a razor. The injured man was conveyed last evening to the Kaikoura hospital, where he is making good progress. A sinister side is lent to tho story by tho allegation that the dispute arose as a result of the introduction of liquor to tho camp.