PAWELKA.
Pawelka has not been heard of lately, but his name is still potent in many parts. A village near Wanganui, Makirikiri by name, suffered a mild panic on Christmas Eve, when it became known that a burglary had been committed at a local store. The Wanganui Chronicle states that the inevitable rumour as to Pawelka having “turned up again” caused the trouble, but it was discovered that the offender had merely been celebrating the festive season by getting into a state of intoxication. However, the owner of the store produced the inevitable gun when he heard the intruder and fired twice at what he took to be the retreating figure ot the burglar. Neither shot took effect, and the man got clear away. An examination of the premises showed that the window had been broken, and some pairs ot dungarees extracted, Palmerston was accused ot panic when Pawelka was abroad in the land, but human nature appears to be very much the same in other parts, judging by the above little incident.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MH19120106.2.23
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 1090, 6 January 1912, Page 4
Word count
Tapeke kupu
173PAWELKA. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 1090, 6 January 1912, Page 4
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in