SENSATIONAL AFFRAY.

Wairarapa Age, 5 August 1930, Page 4

SENSATIONAL AFFRAY.

AT PUBLIC WORKS CAMP IN MARLBOROUGH. MAN SLASHED WITH RAZOR. BLENHEIM, August 4. Brief details reached Blenheim late this afternoon of a sensational affray at No. 8 Gamp, Kekerangu, as a result of which a man named James Law, a well-known Blenheim resident, formerly of Swansdown, has been conveyed to the Kaikoura Hospital suffering from the effects of razor .slashes. From what can be ascertained, it appears that trouble developed in ths camp yesterday . afternoon, when a Blenheim business man, whose name has not been revealed, attempted to secure a payment of £lO from one of the public works employees, known as Dick Jones. It is stated that the Blenheim man was reinforced in his demand by a gang of men who attempted to raid Jones’s tent. Axes and razors were produced and a regular riot ensued, in the course of which Law was slashed across the face with a razor. The injured man was conveyed last evening to the Kaikoura Hospital, where he is making good progress. A sinister side is lent to the story by an allegation that the dispute arose as a result of the introduction of liquor to the camp.—(PA.)