CONSTABLE'S LEG BROKEN.
SOUFFLEt IN TE AROHA. INCIDENT IN - MAIN STREET. [by TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] : }TE AEOHA, Monday. A sensation : was - caused -in the : mam street of Te Aroha this afternoon =when a scuffle took: place between Constable Monson and -a' pedestrian. -, ' - ~ It is stated that . the constable spoke to the man. when he was attacked violently. The constable was thrown and lis right leg was 'broken. He was _ conveyed to the police station, where the injured limb .was dressed. ' As there is no ' other constable ' on dutv in To Aroha, no arrest has yet - been made. A constable was summoned from Paeroa, and in due course arrested :his man, who i gave . considerable trouble, necessitating the assistance; of a number of spectators. : : v ; ■ v : ;:; ■'.Yl U
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18459, 24 July 1923, Page 6
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