ANNOYED CHINESE
TWO MEN FINED
VEGETABLES THROWN When William McNalljL aged 26, a fireman belonging to the Raranga, was ashore on April 13, he entered the shop of a Chinese in Queen Street and threw vegetables around. His unruly conduct brought him a fine in the Police Court this morning. The charge for being drunk and disorderly was £l. Another man whose behaviour toward Chinese caused the law to frown on him was Edward Wilson, a 22-year-old labourer. He was in Grey’s Avenue, and according to police evidence, he tried to “butt in” when a Chinese was talking with another person. When Wilson was charged with drunkenness and with using obscene language, he F. K. Hunt, S.M., that, if he had used bad language there had been provocation, as the Chinese pushed him away. Mr. Hunt: Obscene language is not allowed, provocation or no provocation. You are too young to be brought before the court on charges such as these.
Wilson was fiued ns for being drunk, and £1 and costs for using obscene language.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 638, 15 April 1929, Page 10
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