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MAORI ASSAULTS CONSTABLE (P.A.) AUCKLAND, Aug. 2_4. Wiremu Hunia Hiroki, aged 25, % Maori soldier, was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment in the Polica Court to-dav for assaulting Constable Vincent while the latter was executing his duty. , ■ The police said that the constable was speaking to a group of Maori soldiers in Queen street on Saturday night, and Hiroki rushed in and struck him on the mouth. Ho then assaulted another constable by knocking Ins hel* met off. The scene became ugly and the baton had to be used to acres’ Hiroki.
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Evening Star, Issue 24282, 25 August 1942, Page 2
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93UGLY SCENE Evening Star, Issue 24282, 25 August 1942, Page 2
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