Chinese Took Precautions
A Chinese, Louie Sun Wing, who was accustomed to carry a'n automatic pistol under the seat of hislorry because he was afraid of being stopped and robbed of large sums of money on his vegefoble run froni- Gisborne to Opotiki, was fined £3 by Mr. E. L. Walton, S.M., in the Gisborne Magistrate's Court on a charge of having in his possession ari; unlicensed autpmatic pistoh Counsel said that in 1945'#,"efendant was attacked and injured hy Maoris. He never had any ammunition for the weapon and had only' intended to have it in the truck to: frighten any persons stopping him; on the road. The pistol was con-' fiscated.
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Chronicle (Levin), 17 July 1948, Page 4
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