"JOKING" WITH CHINAMAN
NOCTURNAL INTRUDERS.
ONE SHOT IN THE LEG.
[BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS J ASSOCIATION.] HA WEE A, Saturday.
• . The peace of Patea was disturbed -. about 11. o'clock last night >by the . sound |of discharging firearms. A Chinese fruiterer named Wong, jvhen retiring to bed, heard his back a window- opening, " t and shortly after heard the footsteps., df ;, two men within the building. Wong loaded ; f a revolver and went to the door of the . room whence the sound came. All was in darkness. * He called out two or three: times, " Hands up." There was no response to the demand, and Wong fired at the floor. He again challenged j without result and again fired, but this time hit one of the intruders in the leg. The other, who was unwounded,;..made a hasty exit. The wounded man came to Wong, who, keeping him covered, switched on. the light in the shop and - ordered him off the premises. The wounded man is now in hospital. The affair is stated to have started in a joke to frighten Wong.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18584, 17 December 1923, Page 8
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