PLUMBER’S “HEIL HITLER”
NASTY MIX-UP IN BAR FOLLOWS RECRUITS RESENT NAZI SALUTATION (United Press Association) AUCKLAND, December 1. The giving of the Nazi salute accompanied by a verbal “Heil Hitler” to three young men who were celebrating their enlistment resulted late yesterday afternoon in what the police described as a nasty mix-up in the bar of an hotel in the city. As a sequel Nelson McKnight, aged 36 years, a plumber, was today charged with behaving in a disorderly manner while drunk. He pleaded guilty. Sub-Inspector Pender said that McKnigHt after giving the salute told the young men he was half German and. had not been interned. McKnight was struck by one of the men and a nasty mix-up followed. McKnight said he had spoken in fun and wanted the men to have a drink with him. The Magistrate, Mr F. H. LeVien, S.M., said McKnight had not demanded to be assaulted. One of the men who had enlisted might have put him but of the bar. . Sub-Inspector Pender: I think he deserved what he got. Others got mixed up in the trouble and the situation got a bit nasty until McKnight was put out of the bar. The Magistrate: You did not tell me that before. McKnight was fined 30/-.
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Southland Times, Issue 23989, 2 December 1939, Page 6
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