A pitchfork is stated to have played a painful part in an affair in Spreydon on Wednesday night. After missing some of his fowls each morning, a householder decided to lie in wait. He had for company in the darkness a pitchfork, which he is stated to have used to painful effect when an intruder scaled his fence and made for the fowlhouse. At the height of the encounter a neighbour, who had also lost Some of his best fowls, came to the aid of the householder, who, however, believing him to be an accomplice, attacked him also. The next arrival was a policeman.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18887, 11 October 1929, Page 15
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