“GET OUT, YOU INDIANS”
ASSAULT CASE AT CHRISWOHUROH. I ■ FEB PRESS ASSOCIATION. CHRISTCHURCH:, Juno 28. Dendiker, a young Hindu hawker, proceeded at the Magistrate’s Court against Mrs Davies, proprietress of the Rendezvous Restaurant, on a charge of assault through two waiters. In evidence it was stated that complainant, accompanied by a fellow countryman and two others, visited the restaurant for a meal, but before securing a seat they were ordered to leave by Mrs Davies, who said: “Get out, you Indians.” lie left peaceably. He had been in New Zealand three years, and was in the habit of visiting the restaurant before Mrs Davies took charge. He denied that he resisted the waiter, also that he took part in a fight in front of the restaurant. Mrs Davies denied the assault, and said she did not want coloured men at the restaurant, because the customers objected, and the girls objected to serving them. The charge was dismissed. Dendiker may appeal.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11249, 29 June 1922, Page 5
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