SING OUT-ED

NZ Truth, Issue 1206, 10 January 1929, Page 7

SING OUT-ED

Chinaman's Nose Broken NO "WHAFFOR" (From "N.Z. Truth's" Waihi Rep.) Twenty pounds and all the rig-, marble and expense of proceedings m Lower and Upper Courts, is a pretty costly sequel to the pleasure of stoushing a Chinaman. That is what a young Waihian named Edward Ernest Thompson, had to pay for his playfulness with ' a Celestial named Ham Sing on a Sunday night not Icing ago. J7DWARD cannot stand the sight of a *"* Chinaman. When he sees one walking along the street he experiences an almost uncontrollable desire to smite the Celestial. When he gets a few drinks m, this desire becomes something of an obsession and it was unfortunate for Ham Sorry Spectacle Sing that Edward had a few m when he happened to pass his shop on that Sunday night. , Edward rapped at the door and on the Chinaman appearing: in v the entrance, Edward shot out a straight right and made Ham sing all right. The tune was m a different 'key, however, to the one Ham customarily sings. As he spun and fell his song ■ sounded very much like a lament. He rose with a broken nose and a blackened eye and was a very sorry spectacle when he appeared at the police station shortly afterwards. Thompson later received three years' probation for what the judge described as a brutal and unprovoked assault, m which there were no mitigating circumstances. In the Waihi Court recently, Ham Sing claimed £75 damages from Thompson. He was awarded £20. auummiiiimimimimimiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiimmmiiiiiiiiiinmiuiiiiiiiiiiii