FREE FIGHT IN CAMP
'-y AXES' AND RAZORS APPEAR.
BLENHEIM, Monday. Blenheim late this afternoon.of a sensational affray 8 as a resuit of which James Law, a wellT" ,known Blenheim resident, formerly x .■:',' Swansdown, had been conveyed to Hospital suffering from We effects, of razor slashes. :> Trouble developed in the camp yes- ■■ terday- afternoon, when a Blenheim -i^ J busin.ess/.man, whose name has not - been revealed, attempted to secure the '.?-'- payment of-£lO from one of the Pub- "•'■"-. lie "i Works .employees. It is stated '''^th'^t-ihe^Bf^eiih'--resident was re- : ':.-irifofced "in his-demand by a gang J '■-••' fof attempted to raid the employee's; tent., Axes and razors ''"'.-' wereSproduced and a "regular riot en- ; fsuedrin^the 1 course of which Law was > -.slashed.'across'"thltface.w-ith a razor. •■; •"/Tfid : injured man was-conveyed last evening ■ to the " Kaffcbura Hospital, -■\ where'he^srmaking>g@od progress.
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Waipa Post, Volume 41, Issue 3184, 5 August 1930, Page 8
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132FREE FIGHT IN CAMP Waipa Post, Volume 41, Issue 3184, 5 August 1930, Page 8
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