RAZOR PLAY
AT PUBLIC WORKS CAMI*. r$ ..I" ’% ';j : ' L (j'j.. ; |Bjt*|Teleeraph-sPsr Press AAsociatibiii/ y BLENHEIM, Aug. 4. Brief details reached Blenheim late this afternoon,,,of,,,a. sensational affray it No. 8 Camp, Kekerangii, as the result of which /a man named James Law, a well-known Blenheim resident, formerly of Swansdown, has been con?yed to Kaikoura Hospital, suffering "rom the effects of razor slashes. From what can fbe ascertained, it ip pears that trouble developed in the jamp yesterday afternoon, when a ilenhciin business man, whose name as not been revealed, attempted to .ecure payment of £lO from one of 'he P•' 1 : - Works employees, known -s Dick Jooos. It is stated that the llenheimite was reinforced in this? de- 1 nand by a gang of men, whb |jatemp+cd to*-raid tfones’s'tent. 1 ' uul razors were produced, and a regular riot ensued in. the course of .'.lnch Law was slashed across the face with a razor. The injured man was conveyed last evening to the Kaikoura Hospital, where he is making ;ood progress. A sinister side is lent to the story y the that this dispute rose as the result of the introduction >f liquor to the camp.
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Hokitika Guardian, 5 August 1930, Page 3
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