SENSATION IN A TRAIN.
KEEP AWAY FROM WAIHI. (Per Press Association.) Auckland, October 23. Three young men travelling from fe Aroha to Paeroa in a railway carriage were accosted by a man wearing long streamers of red ribbon, who warned them to keep away from Waihi to save trouble. It is alleged that tbc command was emphasised by the production of a revolver. The man threatened to shoot one of the young men, a Maori, if bo was not a Fedorationist. The Maori, almost scared to death, asserted that be was not bound for Waihi, and when the train reached Paeroa jumped off the carriage, tore the ribbon from bis coat, and bolted. The intruder is further stated to have produced a bottle, said to contain poison, saying: “This will do me *f lam nabbed.” He went on by the train to Waihi.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 50, 23 October 1912, Page 8
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