N.Z. MAN KILLED

Hokitika Guardian, 6 May 1929, Page 6

N.Z. MAN KILLED

IN BEH LIN H LOTS. .United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copy ngnt). BERLIN, May -I. Among those killed in last nights rioyting In - <• was Charles E. M aekay. a New Zealander, formerly of Waiiganui, and who recently had been doing journalistic work. '• ’• ■ ■ Apparently Mackay disregarded the police warning, and strolled unconcernedly in the streets in the Nonkoelin quarter during the thick ol the disturbances. The police found his body lying in the street with a bullet wound in the breast. He was rushed to the* hospital but he died on route. During last night’s riots the police had beon ordered to shoot without warning any persons s'cen ripening windows. Meanwhile snipers who were hidden- in the roof tops continued firing on the police parties. The number of injured have steadily been increasing. The police casualties are surprisingly small. There was a Communist call for a genera! "trike. It met with small success N There are only about five; thousand men out in Berlin. A Communist nenspapor lias been suppressed. In barricade fighting, armoured- cars advanced against the barricades in the Harman [Strasse. which was blocked wiith Tolled trees. When the police stormed the stronghold, the prosfliocts •of the conflict were so serious that they decided to postpone the attack til! foreseeing lieuijy bloodied. In tlie. Neukoel.in.quarter, where Mackay was shot, there was l-enewed rioting and looting of simps. 'I lie district has the appearance of a battlefield. The streets are bespattered with blood, suggesting tlnwfc the rioters sustained heavier losses than they admit In the Wedding and Neiikoclin districts nobody, is allowed in the streets between 9 p.m. and 4 a.m. except doctors' and nurses. Even in the daytime nobody is allowed to stand in doorways, and griup* of lliree arc forbidden. Cafes and beer houses are closed at nine. The police stated that this is necessary to show the Communists they mean business and will ruthlessly suppress further efforts to cause trouble. Intermittent fighting continues in tlie Communists’ haunts. Demonstrators stoned tlie ,police from the win,d>iw-;. The police fired a machine gun. Two Million were killed. Most of toe *iiili.itiinis took refuge in the cella: -. I U ioi.issg is reported in the harbour ! liinuic! Hamburg, where drastic measures, which might have applied to .1 conquered town in war time, have been proclaimed. FURTHER PARTICULARS. (Received this day at B a.m.) f LONDON. May 4. The “Suntfay Express” regretting to have fo announce tlie death of MacLay. rays lie was their assistant eorre.qpt indent at, Berlin.. life paper publishes a cable from Sefton Dilmer, chief correspondent of tlie “Daily ILx press” and “Sui May Express,” saying:— M Ai aekay was. one of m.v bcsi friends and one of the most brilliani men 1 ever met.” He d<jscribes how they together toured Wadding district on Friday night till 11.30 when Dilmer wont tf cable London, while Mackay went ti Noukoelfn district with instructions to ascertain from the police whetbei the disturbance was continuing. Mac kay had no intention of entering tin danger zone. If he did, it was hr accident. i\lac-kuy wore next to hi chest, ten amulet of green jade give: him hv*a M'aoif Chief. If tins exei eised any influence at all it brouglu only hitter sorrow and disappointment Macknv was in London last veai and was engaged in a business icu fcure in which lie put all bis money. The business failed and Mackay went to Berlin nine months ago. Mackay’? grandfather was an officer in tin Maori war.

THE POLICE SHOOTINGS. Hteee.‘ved this day at 8.30. a.m.) LONDON. May 5. Prior /to The shooting of Mackay. the “Daily Telegraph’s” Berlin cor-:re..-’poudont commented .on the fact (bat the casualties did not appear to <)f. among the Communists, whom the police were supposed o ho suppress ing. On the contrary uiio victims included three widows, two of whom are known merely to have engaged in house cleaning. A man was killed while going to work and a Socialist was killed who merely appeared at a window and waved to Jhe police tv> show .lie sympathised with their actions. Another police bullet killed a middle-aged war cripple waiting in a doorway for a favourable opportunity to fetch a jug of be'et.