Row on Water Front.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 January 1923, Page 3

Row on Water Front.

ENCTTING ENCOUNTER RETWEE? ! TWO CR EWS. CHRISTC’II URH. Jan 2. A five-gallon keg of beat' .won in : ; football nniteli during the afternoon j was mainly responsible for ,1 mob figli between the crows of the oversea: steamer ('ai'pemaria and fill# llnio: Coiiipaiiy's AYhangape at byttcltor lasi evening. Tin ('ai'pentnria's crew tb*» winners of the keg iti question, ha"! lost, no time in disposing of tlio nutk of the contents, and with their victor*, fresh in their minds, looked around foi fresh worlds to conquer. They die not look far. for lying on the ottiei .side of the wharf was the Wbangape, with a non-union i-iew on board The fun commend'd by recriminations from the. Carpentaria’s crow, to whi*h flu* Whnngape’s ttrew. some cf when; bad also been “celt bra ting” replied with vigour. The wordy warfare led to challenges, and the 11 oxt stage now the two crows on the wharf in as willing a “dust up” as has been seen in Lyttelton lor a long time. Fists, sticks and iron bars were freely used, and the noise of the coinlull could he heard afar. 'I li# crew ol the C. and D. steamer. Port Darwin attracted by tlio row nnisteodl in lu'l force and cheered on their overseas comrades. The Wlumgape's party numerically inferior, were driven b.i-'k on to their own vessel, and then it was a ease of “prnpa.ro to receive ho t- I crs.” for the Carpentaria's men. now llmioiiglily warmed up. fiill.v.-ed Uciii on hoard. At this interesting stage .1 party ol police appeared on the wharf and their arrival was flu* signal tor an mtnodiaJ ' cessation of hostilities, followed bv a scattered rush for cover, anil lie' li "'ll f ended. No arrests wort, made a , s (fie numbers engaged in the uu'le*’ were too largo to permit of any in.-r being singled out. .Many of the participants are .suffering from bruises and .sore h#ail-. Dm meinbei' of the Whangnpe’s crew was at tyiided to by Dr B. M. Gihiiour. wlm 101 111 (1 tbu 1 ill) re 1* to have receiv#d a nasty scalp wound, which Mas net, however, regarded as .serious Tile Whaiignpe’s non-union erew w.rs shipped at -Sydney, and -we'" i of theni ■lie themsakes British •si'iini"!i v * ,, <> were stranded in Australia owing to the refusal of the Australian S amen s i'nion I" admit them to mombeisbip