A CHRISTMAS FRACAS.
::. : ; \ -toung man injuked. t ■' .' ■ (By Tclcsrapi.-Spccial Corresnondeat.) .-. ; Auckland, December. 27. , "A- fracas occurred in Devonporfc on : , ■'■' .Christmas-Eve, nud early on the, follow-, ing morning, Svhich may. result in., serious . consequences; Shortly before midnight on Saturday, two young men commenced to _■- fight.qn the Victoria Wharf, to;sottlc . a long-standing grievance. . After an ex- ':■' change of,blows they suspended hostilities, ami adjourned to the Slount Victoria reserve, .whore it is said they, in company with- sonie , fellow roystercrs, had several drinks from a store purchased to carry , the thirsty souls over the fostivo season. : ■-.- • The fight which.had been stopped on the . ,' wharf was resumed, and kept up for some : ' time. Ono of the contestants eventually > . lapsed into a state of unconsciousness, :, nnd medical aid and the police were called to. the scene, which was near the-fire brigade station, in'Kerr Street, at 3.30 a.m. on Christmas Day.. After receiving : attention, .the injured man was conveyed to h:3. house,-, whore he has 'since • heen , laia up. It is probable that tho police ;: wiU-take'oaction iii the matter. ~
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1010, 28 December 1910, Page 5
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173A CHRISTMAS FRACAS. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1010, 28 December 1910, Page 5
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