AVENGING AN INSULT.
KATANA’S SECRETARY SLAPS ' FACES. Auckland, Last Night. RatanaV party returned by the Niagara to-day. Jn referring to the cabled incident on the voyage from Japan, Moko said the trouble arose from the disagreeable conduct of an American passenger on the Japanese steamer, and a New Zealander also behaving in a surprising manner towards the party. "I had to slap the face of the American and the New Zealander, too,” said Peter, “and as a matter of fact, wliat- else could I have done? They insulted our girls and our whole party. I simply went up to the American and asked- him if it was true that he had said so. When he admitted it was. true I slapped his face.”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2827, 23 December 1924, Page 2
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123AVENGING AN INSULT. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2827, 23 December 1924, Page 2
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