TE PAPAPA CAMP.
A BRAWL AFTER PAY DAY. (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, last night. The Ninth Contingent men were being served with their uniforms to-day, ai.d it is anticipated that their kiis will he completed by Saturday next. Three patients from the Contingent now in .the hospital are making good recovery. Trooper Pope, who is suffering from sunstroke, is doing well. A shipment of 12 horses arrived in tamp from Wanganui to-day. A row occurred in camp on Wednesday evening, which resulted in three troopers being expelled from the camp today. It appears that the men received their pay on Wednesday afternoon, and a few of them patronised the canteen to a greater extent than ■was good for them. The result was a melee which Sergeant-major Mclntosh had to take steps to quell with 'the aid of the guard, several blows being exchanged 1
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 358, 7 March 1902, Page 2
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