FRACAS ON STEAMER.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1962, 20 January 1914, Page 8

FRACAS ON STEAMER.

TWO CHINESE CAUSE TROtJBLE,

For soma considerable lime past then? lias been a- feud between two sosti.ens of . tlio Chinese crow -on board tlio Bri-tish-owned freight steamer Harflcte, which is •at present discharging Newcastle coal at Miramar for tho Employers', Farmers', and Citizens' Dofcneo Committee. During yesterday afternoon two of the ringleaders indulged in a heated discussion, n-hish ultimately ended in a fight, Tlioy did not keep strictly. to tho British rules of boxing, and it is "alleged that on© Ah Jorr'hit Ho To with -a shovel, inflicting a severe, wound on tho lattcr's arm. In retaliation. Ho To, it is alleged, used a picco of iron, or a bolt, to endeavour .to persuade his countryman to his way of thinking, mad tho result was that 'All Forr is at. present in bed at the Hospital suffering from a wound over tho oyo. The fight was stopped bv ono of tlio. Harilcto's officers, ■and wlieu Ah Forr'realised tho damage which ho had''.inflicted on his opponent lio ran asiiom. Tho fugitive was met by Constable Price, of Kilbirme, and taken to tlio Hospital. Dr. do Latoai attended to Ho To and stitched tho ' Bailer and Constable Price, accompanied by a Chinese interpreter, visited tho Harflete later in tlio day, and after having made searching ..inquiries it was 'decided that.no action, as far as the police" are concerned, would bo taken at present,' and therefore no ; arrests were made.